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A Body to Live In

A Body to Live In

20251h 38m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2025

Runtime

1h 38m

Storyline

A BODY TO LIVE IN offers an uncompromising look at the rise of BDSM performance art, body modification and the ‘modern primitives’ cultural movement through the agonies and ecstasies of transgressive artist Fakir Musafar and the communities that surrounded him. Blending rare archival footage with the voices of queer and artistic trailblazers, the film shows how pain, ritual, and transformation became tools of identity, survival, and self-expression. Weaving from early experiments and secret gatherings to the emergence of a global subculture shaped by the AIDS crisis and spiritual reinvention, Director Angelo Madsen (NORTH BY CURRENT) reveals not just the story of one artist, but a collective history of bodies in revolt - asking what it truly means to live freely in one’s own skin.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 38m
Nov 15, 2025
Digital Release
May 26, 2026
Languages
English
Production
Cinereach
Cinereach
Hard Flow
Hard Flow
Catapult Film Fund
Catapult Film Fund
Production Countries
United States of America
Official Website

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