Patrice: The Movie
Patrice: The Movie
Patrice: The Movie Jetter coolly begins her film by saying, “I am a totally cool person with a disability who can do almost anything,” and as expected, all her friends and the people around her support her for her claim that “she might as well be Madonna.” After watching this 100-minute video which is a documentary, one cannot help but agree shoot since she dances, works on creating theatre, ice skates, and even helps the community.
The documentary filmed by Ted Passon possesses many traits just like Patrice: The Movie. Instead, it deals with issues such as the legal discrimination against women and disabled people who wish to cohabit without losing their benefit entitlements in America; it dramatizes the love between Gary and Patricia who she is due to her determination will marry one day, and of course, tells us about the amazing life of Patrice.
The distinctive feature that simultaneously differentiates this film from several other similar ones is the use of franking chapters which are basically flashbacks of the life of Patrice incorporated into the film and given life to children impersonating her or depicts her younger self in costumes showcasing the life of her adult counterparts.
The film is a hard one to watch – bullying, an abandoned little girl trying to connect with her mother and familial abuse but the decision by Passon and screenplay artists Lee Getty, Kyla Harris and Jetter creating her story in an animated world is a stroke of genius but also places these events in context with the rest of the film which uses a more standard talking heads format.
Love is another plotline in this documentary, it is the preparatory process for the commitment ceremony which Patrice and her partner Gary want to have and how such discussions get hindered by their legal limitations moving forward.
All of that is articulated properly for citizens outside the United States, the hefty fines and the ramifications that come with them that would baffle many people about the life of Americans. But there is the impatient build up for the occasion including the fun part of fitting dresses with friends and dusk decorations and the rest of the moments of two obsessed people wanting to be together.
The beginnings of the film ‘Patrice: The Movie’ had the intention to be intimate and domestic, which it indeed is, it also, due to the circumstances of living, domesticating so many political concerns surrounding the fundamental human rights to marry and to get essential medical benefits for oneself and a spouse; however, it still remains untouched, there are no representations as to provide balance within the documentary – doctors, lawmakers, politicians that can at least explain how this situation emerged and how come no progress is done in correcting these issues, even though every single politician makes these claims when elections come.
Why is it that married couples or those living together seem to have fewer disability benefits than single persons and what is to be done about it? Passon raises the issues but Patrice: The Movie does not go to the technical aspects.
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- Genre: Biography, Documentary, History
- Country: United States
- Director: Ted Passon
- Cast: Noah Mendes, Brooke Olivia Ginsberg, Patrice Jetter