Film
Masquerades of Research
2022 · 1h 5m
On Vescene
No Vescene ratings yet — sign in and be the first.
Overview
The two-part feature film 'Masquerades of Research: Part I and II' is a fictional biography of pre-queer sociologist Laud Humphreys, author of the infamous book 'Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places' (1970, 1975). Part I begins in St. Louis in 1967 in a pre-Stonewall and pre-Watergate USA, exploring the impetus behind Humphreys “Sociologist as Voyeur” research method — a still radical gesture and one of the first in the Western canon to turn the ethnographic gaze back onto the hypocritical conservative mindset that created it. Why can’t statistics be avant-garde? Part II begins in his Californian office in 1975, where we find Humphreys sweating in a radically different USA on the cusp of republishing 'Tearoom Trade'. Its relevance to contemporary discussions of intimacy, social presentation and data control is delicately carried by visual intensities and rich performances that keep as many secrets as they give away.
Cast
Crew
- Padraig RobinsonDirector
Details
- Release date
- October 20, 2022
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
Rate it on Vescene
Rate films and shows on two axes — quality and fun — and share taste with friends.