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The documentary Our Body shares a care-centered, full-spectrum view of individual patients’ experiences in a French hospital’s gynecological ward.
The veteran documentarian Claire Simon builds a collective portrait of the body and its varied encounters with the medical system, focusing on cisgender and trans individuals from a range of backgrounds and ages as they visit a public hospital in Paris. The panoramic view includes screenings for cancer; treatments for fertility, endometriosis, and unwanted pregnancies; and care for a trans woman facing the start of menopause. Eventually Simon becomes one of the film’s subjects as she examines what it means for her to live in a woman’s body. Among the most essential documentaries of our time, Our Body is an especially radical act of empathy, observation, and care at a time when bodily autonomy continues to be politicized. (168 mins., DCP)
Please note: Hospital procedures and health issues are presented graphically in this documentary.
IMAGE CAPTION Our Body, courtesy of Cinema Guild.
SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council L Brands Foundation The Columbus Foundation Ohio State's Global Arts + Humanities Discovery ThemeNationwide Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Axium Packaging CampusParc Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Ohio State Energy PartnersOhio History Fund/Ohio History ConnectionLarry and Donna James Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
Our Body
