Series III. Film and Television, 1987-2013, inclusive
Extent
18.5 Linear Feet in 12 record cartons, 5 manuscript boxes, 2 cassette boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 2 flat files.
Extent
22.4 Gigabytes in 208 computer files.
Subseries III.A. Film and Television Works, 1987-2012, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.A. Film and Television Works contains audiovisual recordings, ephemera, and production files for Torr's film and video works, as well as her television appearances. Production files may contain a variety of documents, including film ephemera such as posters and flyers; funding applications; correspondence; production contracts; tape logs; receipts and invoices; and screening schedules. This series may also include works by Torr's collaborators and contemporaries.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by the title of the work, with materials from the same work grouped together.
10 Minutes of Lisbon, undated, inclusive
Box: 81, MiniDV: cuid43758 (Material Type: Video)
Children at Park, circa 1988-1995, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0011 (Material Type: film)
40 Degrees television series proposal, 1992
Box: 20, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adventures In Drag film proposals, 2000
Digital files
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Paper materials
Box: 21, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Birmingham production workshop, 2001-2006, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cheeki Munki Productions, 1999-2001, inclusive
Video shoot itinerary and release forms, York, August 1999
Box: 20, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital files, 2001
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Cigarettes, Reading, Masturbation and Boys, 2003-2006, inclusive
Historical Note
This film was made in collaboration with students during Torr's residency at the Glasgow School of Art in the Spring of 2003.
Shipping invoice, 2006
Box: 20, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording -- "Edits 2 and 3", 2003
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43760 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- "Master", December, 2005
Box: 81, MiniDV: cuid43766 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, 2003
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43761 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, 2003
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43762 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording, June, 2003
Box: 81, MiniDV: cuid43763 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording, 2005
Box: 67, Betacam_SP: cuid43764 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, 2005
Box: 67, Betacam_SP: cuid43765 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: NTSC; Betacam Copy of PAL MiniDV Master
Digital video recordings, undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Digital video recordings (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43767 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Colab TV -- Excerpts from Potato Wolf M/W/F Club XFR Station at the New Museum, undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Colab TV -- Excerpts from Potato Wolf M/W/F Club XFR Station at the New Museum (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Currents '93: Dress Codes, 1992
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43768 (Material Type: Video)
Scope and Contents
Produced by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Directed by Branka Bogdanov; Edited by Reb Butler
"Closeup reels", undated, inclusive
Video recording -- "Reel 1"
Box: 75, VHS: cuid43770 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- "Reel 2"
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43771 (Material Type: Video)
The Deadman by Peggy Ahwesh and Keith Sanborn, circa 1987
Box: 70, VHS: cuid43773 (Material Type: Video)
Demo Tapes, 1989, undated, inclusive
Video recording -- "10 minute tape", undated, inclusive
Box: 74, U-matic: cuid43775 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- "Composition tape", undated, inclusive
Box: 79, U-matic: cuid43776 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- "Excerpts: 3 Solo Performances, Film and Video Projects", 1989
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43777 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43778 (Material Type: Video)
Drag King for a Day, 1993-1994, inclusive
Administrative documents and scripts, 1993
Box: 20, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Applications for funding, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drag kings on German TV, undated, inclusive
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43779 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
The Gayle King Show -- "Man for a Day", September - October, 1997, inclusive
Paper materials, 1997
Box: 21, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording -- "Air version", September 17, 1997
Box: 74, VHS: cuid43784 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, October, 1997
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43785 (Material Type: Video)
I.V. Mermaid -- "Finished Film #1", undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0015 (Material Type: film)
In the King's World, 2000
Box: 21, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interviews with lesbians and gays, Istanbul, February, 1999
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43780 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
J. Reeves -- 3 Rolls, 7231, undated, inclusive
Film
Box: 78, 16mm_film_reels: 527_0004 (Material Type: film)
Film
Box: 78, 16mm_film_reels: 527_0005 (Material Type: film)
The Jerry Springer Show -- "My Mom Has AIDS", 1992-1993, inclusive
Paper materials, 1993
Box: 21, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording, 1992
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43791 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, 1993
Box: 75, VHS: cuid43932 (Material Type: Video)
The Last Days of Mata Hari, 1987
Film
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0012 (Material Type: film)
Paper materials
Box: 21, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Life's a Drag! television series proposal, November, 2008
Box: 21, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Linda Les and Annie: The First Female-to-Male Transexual Love Story, 1989
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43781 (Material Type: Video)
Scope and Contents
A video docu-drama starring Les Nichols with Annie Sprinkle
Lysistrata, Lysistrata: A Mystery in the Making Film by Ian Andrews -- Master, undated, inclusive
Box: 76, VHS: cuid43782 (Material Type: Video)
Maine Summer, 1986
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0006 (Material Type: film)
Man for a Day, 2002-2014, inclusive
Digital video recording, 2008
Digital materials
Digital video recording (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Ephemera, 2012
Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Funding applications, 2002-2012, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Screening posters, Goethe-Institut, March 19, 2014
Box: 65, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marching Band Parade, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0007 (Material Type: film)
Martina's Playhouse, 1986-1993, inclusive
Compilation tape -- "Martina's Playhouse" / "The Scary Movie", 1989-1993, inclusive
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43787 (Material Type: Video)
Scope and Contents
Films by Peggy Ahwesh
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43788 (Material Type: Video)
Scope and Contents
Film by Peggy Ahwesh
Mayhem, 1987
Box: 63, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Miami Beach, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0013 (Material Type: film)
Miami Deco Hotels, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0019 (Material Type: film)
Mountain Men and British Birds, 2006, undated, inclusive
Digital video recording, 2006
Digital materials
Digital video recording (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Video recording -- Dianne and Lena, Original raw footage, undated, inclusive
Box: 81, MiniDV: cuid43790 (Material Type: Video)
New York Drag Kings on French TV, 2002
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43792 (Material Type: Video)
Night Waves -- BBC Contract, March 7, 1996
Box: 21, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Open for Flavor, 1992-2008, inclusive
Historical Note
This film depicts a performance of the same name, made in collaboration with students from the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam.
Digital files, 2008
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Film, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, 16mm_film_reels: cuid41608 (Material Type: film)
Film, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, 16mm_film_reels: cuid41609 (Material Type: film)
Paper materials, 1992
Box: 21, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording -- SHDD Amsterdam: Performance registration, special takes, April 15-16, 1994, inclusive
Box: 80, Hi8: cuid43794 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- SNDO Amsterdam, April, 1994
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43795 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, April 1994
Box: 73, U-matic: cuid43796 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, April 1994
Box: 70, VHS: cuid43797 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43798 (Material Type: Video)
Outtakes, circa 1988-1995, inclusive
Film -- "Diane Outtakes"
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0017 (Material Type: film)
Film -- "Diane Outtakes #3"
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0014 (Material Type: film)
Paint on Face, circa 1988-1995, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0016 (Material Type: film)
Palestinian Diaries, undated, inclusive
Box: 74, VHS: cuid43925 (Material Type: Video)
Peggy Ahwesh -- Correspondence and press, 1990
Box: 21, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Le Petit Versailles -- Episodes 9 and 10, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Le Petit Versailles is a 13 part series on the community activities and artists of an East Village public garden, produced by Allied Productions Inc.
Digital materials
Le Petit Versailles -- Episodes 9 and 10 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Perils and Mayhem films by Abigail Child, 1985-1987, inclusive
Paper materials -- Mayhem, 1987
Box: 21, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43800 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43801 (Material Type: Video)
Person in White Dress on Grass, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0018 (Material Type: film)
The Phil Donahue Show -- "Women Who Dress As Men", 1991-1996, inclusive
Video recording, November 1991
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43830 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, November 17, 1991
Box: 76, VHS: cuid43831 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, March 12, 1996
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43832 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, March 12, 1996
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43833 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
QED: Sex Acts BBC Documentary, 1995-1996, inclusive
Correspondence and press clippings, 1994
Box: 21, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital video recording, undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Digital video recording (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Press clippings, March 1995
Box: 63, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording -- Drag king workshop excerpt, December 23, 1995
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43807 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording -- Master, undated, inclusive
Box: 71, Betacam_SP: cuid43809 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: NTSC
Video recording, March 1995
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43803 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, March 18, 1995
Box: 76, VHS: cuid43804 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, March 28, 1995
Box: 74, VHS: cuid43805 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, March 28, 1995
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43806 (Material Type: Video)
Scope and Contents
BBC Documentary featuring Diane Torr's "Drag King Workshop"
Video recording, 1996
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43808 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 76, VHS: cuid43810 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 76, Betacam_SP: cuid43811 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Release Form Templates, 2003
Box: 21, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scratch 'n Sniff / Touch 'n Feel film by Peggy Ahwesh, 1993
Film
Box: 78, 16mm_film_reels: 527_0003 (Material Type: film)
Poster
Flat-File-Folder: 6 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sei Ein Mann -- Broadcasting contract, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, April 1, 2002
Box: 21, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
She Puppet film by Peggy Ahwesh, 2001
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43815 (Material Type: Video)
Sluts and Goddesses, circa 1991
Box: 21, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sphinxes Without Secrets: Women Performance Artists Speak Out film by Maria Beatty, 1991-1993, inclusive
Paper materials, 1991
Box: 21, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording -- Sample tape, 1991-1993, inclusive
Box: 74, VHS: cuid43821 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, 1991
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43817 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording, 1991
Box: 77, VHS: cuid43818 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording, 1991
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43819 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: NTSC
Video recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43820 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Sweites Deutsches Fernsehen Production Contracts, 2010-2012, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Undergrad, 2003
Digital files, 2003
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Ephemera, film stills, and script, 2003
Box: 21, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Premiere poster, November 8, 2003
Box: 63, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Venus Boyz, 2001-2014, inclusive
Ephemera, photographs, and press kit, 2001-2003, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poster, 2002
Box: 65, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Screening program -- "Múltiplo de 100", May 15 - July 3, 2014, inclusive
Flat-File-Folder: 6 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording -- "Berlin, Schuz, Valentin's Party", February 14, 2002
Box: 76, VHS: cuid43825 (Material Type: Video)
Extent
1 VHS
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: PAL
Video recording -- "Raw material, Aikido", undated, inclusive
Box: 81, MiniDV: cuid43823 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- "Raw material, Aikido", undated, inclusive
Box: 81, MiniDV: cuid43824 (Material Type: Video)
"WA Reels", undated, inclusive
Reel 1
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43827 (Material Type: Video)
Reel 2
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43828 (Material Type: Video)
Why Men Wear Frocus, February 4, 2005
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43909 (Material Type: Video)
The Work Room, 2010
Digital materials
The Work Room (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Untitled film, circa 1988-1995, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0010 (Material Type: film)
Untitled film, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0002 (Material Type: film)
Untitled home movie, undated, inclusive
Box: 78, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: 527_0009 (Material Type: film)
The Upton Bell Show, undated, inclusive
Box: 60, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
York video school, Summer 1999
Video recording
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43908 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43929 (Material Type: Video)
Scope and Contents
Label of case says "Drag Kings and Subjects, Intermedia"
Subseries III.B. Film Festivals and Screenings, 1987-2013, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.B. Film Festivals and Screenings contains ephemera from film festivals attended by Torr, including posters, flyers programs, schedules, badges, applications for festivals, and related correspondence.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by the title of the festival or cinema. Badges are foldered together at the beginning of the subseries.
Film festival badges, 2004-2013, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
8mm Film Festival, Ann Arbor, 1987
Program, correspondence, and press clippings
Box: 21, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Schedule
Box: 63, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, September 29 - October 7, 2006, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Berlin International Film Festival, 2002-2012, inclusive
Programs, film stills, and ephemera, February 6-17, 2002, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Program, February 6 - 17, 2002, inclusive
Box: 63, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Posters, February 9-19, 2012, inclusive
Flat-File-Folder: 6 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Berliner Frauensommer, undated, inclusive
Box: 63, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bimovie 18, Munich, November 10-17, 2012, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Document 12 Film Festival, October 9 - 12, 2014, inclusive
Box: 61, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Esoterik Pix -- Drag Kings Screenings, 1996
Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal, August 23 - September 3, 2012, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Festival, London, undated, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, October 16-21, 2012, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Identities Queer Film Festival, 1998
Box: 22, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, February 9-19, 2012, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kinok Cinema, April 2013
Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2000-2013, inclusive
Digital files, 2004
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Paper materials, 2000-2013, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, 2006
Box: 22, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Merlinka Festival, Belgrade, December 12-16, 2013, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Millennium Film Workshop -- Spring and Fall series calendars, 1987
Box: 65, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Milwaukee LGBT Film / Video Festival, September 7-17, 2006, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
MIX New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film / Video Festival, November 10-20, 1994, inclusive
Program
Box: 22, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poster
Box: 65, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Muestra Internacional de Cine Queer de la Cineteca Nuevo León, July 4-14, 2013, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Fest: New York LGBT Film Festival, 2002-2006, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival, 2nd Annual, undated, inclusive
Box: 65, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New York International Fringe Festival, August 9-25, 2002, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
OFF13 Odense International Film Festival, August 26 - September 1, 2013, inclusive
Box: 61, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Open City Does Fest, London, June 20-23, 2013, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Open Ohr Festival, 2003
Box: 23, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Open Ohr Festival, June 6-9, 2003, inclusive
Flat-File-Folder: 6 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2006
Box: 23, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parlen Queer Film Festival, Hannover, October 21-27, 2012, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2006
Box: 23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pink Apple Schwullesbisches Filmfestival, 2007
Box: 23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Queersicht Lesbich Schwules Filmfestival, Bern, Switzerland, 2006
Box: 23, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2006
Box: 23, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tempo Dokumentar Festival, Sweden, March 5-10, 2013, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trans Queer Filmfestival, Berlin, May 19-27, 1995, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trans - X Filmische Identity Tour, September, 1994
Box: 23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Verzaubert International Queer Filmfestival, Germany, 2006
Box: 23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Visible Festival, Madrid, 2009
Box: 23, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, 2012
Box: 23, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
