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Dr XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology
A satirical take on the healthcare service announcements of the 1960s and 70s.
Overview
Dr XYZ: A Medial Drag Transthology impersonates NHS training films from 1960s-70s. Shot on 16mm, the film is an exercise in queering the healthcare information film by XYZ Projects. After collating an archive of healthcare experiences recorded with Birmingham's trans+ community, the film explores the critical state of trans healthcare in the UK through ‘medical drag’ re-enactments.
This is one of three films funded as part of 'NHS Untold Film Stories'. Funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, in partnership with the BFI, these new films tell the untold stories of the NHS, taking audiences on a journey across the UK and as far afield as India, to mark 75 years since the NHS was established in 1948. In 2023, the selected emerging filmmakers were awarded up to £20,000 each to make these new short films inspired by the BFI National Archive’s NHS on Film collection. The films either respond directly to the archive NHS on Film collection or creatively reuse extracts from a curated selection of films preserved by BFI to reflect on the gaps in the story of the NHS as told through film. The three films funded as part of this scheme are: 1. Khichdi, dir. Sara David 2. Every Moment Counts, dir. Dermot O’Dempsey 3. Dr XYZ, dir. El Jones and Raviv Piccus
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