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A Body to Live In

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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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Language
English

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTrue / False Film Festival27 Feb 2025
    • TheatricalNR27 Feb 2026
    • Digital / OTTNR26 May 2026
    • PhysicalNR26 May 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereAdelaide's LGBTQIA+ Arts and Culture Festival16 Nov 2025
  • BelgiumBE

    • PremierePink Screens Festival (Brussels)8 Nov 2025
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical16Festival Chéries Chéris15 Nov 2025

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A Body to Live In was released on 15 November 2025.

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