Mirha-Soleil Ross

출생 : , Montreal, Quebec, Canada

약력

Mirha-Soleil Ross is a transsexual videographer, performance artist, sex worker and activist. Her work since the early 1990s in Montreal and Toronto has focused on transsexual rights, access to resources, advocacy for sex workers and animal rights.

참여 작품

Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts from an Unrepentant Whore
Self
A documentary based on first-person Toronto performance show (7 monologues) dealing with prostitution and anti-prostitution. A tour de force by Canada’s most famous transsexual sexworker animal-rights activist performance artist, Yapping is hilarious and moving --half autobiographical, half agitprop satire, fully unforgettable.
Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts from an Unrepentant Whore
Director
A documentary based on first-person Toronto performance show (7 monologues) dealing with prostitution and anti-prostitution. A tour de force by Canada’s most famous transsexual sexworker animal-rights activist performance artist, Yapping is hilarious and moving --half autobiographical, half agitprop satire, fully unforgettable.
HELLO PERFORMANCE!
Director
From May 2001 to February 2002, transsexual performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross appeared pregnant every time she was in public. This video features Mirha-Soleil performing pregnancy by the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco and an audio recording of her mother speaking about the ups and downs of having a baby. Created as a part of Mirha-Soleil Ross' performance art cycle: The Pregnancy Project. The Pregnancy Project explores some transsexual women's relationship to the personal and institutional aspects of motherhood and hopes to foster community discussion around controversial reproductive technologies.
HELLO PERFORMANCE!
From May 2001 to February 2002, transsexual performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross appeared pregnant every time she was in public. This video features Mirha-Soleil performing pregnancy by the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco and an audio recording of her mother speaking about the ups and downs of having a baby. Created as a part of Mirha-Soleil Ross' performance art cycle: The Pregnancy Project. The Pregnancy Project explores some transsexual women's relationship to the personal and institutional aspects of motherhood and hopes to foster community discussion around controversial reproductive technologies.
Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch
Director
Spend an evening at Madame Lauraine's transsexual whorehouse where you can either eat in or take out!
Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch
Spend an evening at Madame Lauraine's transsexual whorehouse where you can either eat in or take out!
Trembling Flesh
Director
A poetic meditation on the beauty, perils and power of sexuality in a transsexual woman's body.
Trembling Flesh
Self
A poetic meditation on the beauty, perils and power of sexuality in a transsexual woman's body.
Tales from the Derrière
Director
A video recording of a 1999 performance in which a transsexual prostitute shares work-related anecdotes spiced-up with political comments about her butthole.
Tales from the Derrière
Self
A video recording of a 1999 performance in which a transsexual prostitute shares work-related anecdotes spiced-up with political comments about her butthole.
G-SPrOuT!
Director
A cyberspace encounter turns into a trans/polysexual vegan-docu-porno featuring urban veggie lovers speaking out on dating, intimacy and sex in a meat-centered culture.
G-SPrOuT!
A cyberspace encounter turns into a trans/polysexual vegan-docu-porno featuring urban veggie lovers speaking out on dating, intimacy and sex in a meat-centered culture.
International Day of Transsexuality
Director
Every year, l'Association des Transsexuels-les du Québec organizes, in collaboration with Café Cléopatre, an evening of transsexual pride. Entitled "Journée Internationale de la Transsexualité," the event is an opportunity for several generations of transsexual women to get together, recognize the involvement of many in their community and pay tribute to individuals who figure importantly in their history.
Dysfunctional
Director
An in your face response to society's fascination and repulsion for transsexual genitals, bodies, and sexualities.
Dysfunctional
An in your face response to society's fascination and repulsion for transsexual genitals, bodies, and sexualities.
I Would Never Have Known: A Conversation with Peter Dunnigan
Director
A conversation with Toronto community activist and female-to-male transsexual Peter Dunnigan. He speaks openly about addiction, recovery, sexuality, and life as a gender outcast. More than an educational tool for a general audience, this video is a call for transsexuals, both female-to-males and male-to-females, to unite, heal, and resist.
I Would Never Have Known: A Conversation with Peter Dunnigan
Self
A conversation with Toronto community activist and female-to-male transsexual Peter Dunnigan. He speaks openly about addiction, recovery, sexuality, and life as a gender outcast. More than an educational tool for a general audience, this video is a call for transsexuals, both female-to-males and male-to-females, to unite, heal, and resist.
An Adventure in Tucking with Jeanne B.
Director
A candid home video capturing a transgender sex worker in a very sticky situation.
An Adventure in Tucking with Jeanne B.
Self
A candid home video capturing a transgender sex worker in a very sticky situation.
gendertroublemakers
Camera Operator
A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
gendertroublemakers
Writer
A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
gendertroublemakers
Director
A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
gendertroublemakers
Self
A short film about two transsexuals who do not fit into mainstream society.
Chroniques
Director
Three video-diary segments in which a transsexual prostitute recounts different circumstances that lead her to practice unsafe sex with clients.
Chroniques
Self - Jeanne B.
Three video-diary segments in which a transsexual prostitute recounts different circumstances that lead her to practice unsafe sex with clients.
Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch
Director
Canadian documentary that focuses on transsexual sex workers, their sexual health, and their clients.