The Breasts of Tiresias
GENRE:

Animation

LENGTH:

13 Minutes 32 Seconds

SYNOPSIS:

Therese becomes Tiresias and the social order of Zanzibar is turned on its head in this 21st-century take on Guillaume Apollinaire’s classic 1903 play. Reimagined as a vivid animated short, this surrealist fever dream becomes a playground to explore and subvert ideas about gender and sexuality, reproduction, and race.

DIRECTOR:

Robert Barry Fleming

WRITER:

Guillaume Apollinaire

PRODUCERS:

Actors Theatre of Louisville

ANIMATOR:

Yehuda J. Husband

KEY CAST:

Peter Hargrave, Brandon Meeks, Christina Acosta Robinson, Ken Robinson