Narcissister Organ Player

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**OFFICIAL SELECTION – SUNDANCE, SXSW, OUTFEST, FRAMELINE, AND MANY OTHER TOP FILM FESTIVALS**

One of the crucial recent art world’s most acclaimed mixed-media & performance artists, the masked and merkin-clad Narcissister is the subject of this smart, sassy documentary that showcases her spectacle-rich approach to explorations of gender, racial identity, and sexuality. Directed by the enigmatic artist herself, the film deconstructs her celebrated stage shows which combine dance, elaborate costumes, pop music hits, unabashed eroticism and heavy doses of humor. From public outings with Marilyn Manson, to a stint on America’s Got Talent – Narcissister is no stranger to the spotlight. This doc goes at the back of her iconic mask – revealing her experience growing up and feeling ostracized in blonde-haired, blue-eyed Southern California as the child of a Sephardic Jewish mother and an African-American father. As Narcissister pushes the boundaries of recent art, she should also contend with the waning health of her biggest champion: her eccentric and loving mother. With as much to say about self-love as self-loathing in women’s lives, Narcissister Organ Player is a thrilling, profound and utterly moving experience.

Bonus features include two deleted scenes.

Review

NOMINATED – Chicken & Egg Award – SXSW Film Festival
NOMINATED – Best First Feature – Locarno Int’l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Sundance Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – SXSW Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Outfest
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Frameline
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Stockholm Int’l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Virginia Film Festival —

[A]n enigmatic performance (and performer) that thrives in absurdity yet is not afraid to play with sentimentality. – Beth Sullivan, Austin Chronicle

Narcissister’s work is subversive, funny, and beautiful, in part, on account of the clever intricacy of her physical acrobatics and her DIY sensibility. Focused on the female body, particularly its orifices and internal passageways, her work explores how this messy, viscerality coexists alongside the more than a few signifiers of conventional feminine allure blond hair, lipstick, pearls, high heels, long legs, sexy lingerie. Especially heartbreaking and beautiful in its final section, the doc is…the most emotionally vulnerable work yet from a performer who still insists she needs a mask to distance her real self from the audacious nature of her stage acts. –Tim Murphy, Vulture

We feel the ecstasy and anguish of Narcissister as she dives headfirst into her reservoir of pain. And what a thrilling, profound experience it is. Believe me: you ve never seen anything find it irresistible. – Marlow Stern, The Day-to-day Beast Though her work is ironic and provocative, the film is intimate and emotionally raw. Narcissister shares her personal life, her feelings of disconnection growing up as a mixed-race child, her grief at her mother’s death, her determination not to submit to traditional gender roles, and her dedication to an art that reflects her experiences with surreal and playful inventiveness. –Peter Keough, Boston Globe