MARTINA’S PLAYHOUSE
1989, 20'00'', DVCAM
USA
SINOPSIS
A film about the riddles of our sexual construction and the complexities of play. In
Martina's Playhouse everything is up for grabs. The little girl of the title oscillates from narrator to reader to performer, and from the role of baby to that of mother. If the unprecedented success of
Pee-Wee Herman suggests a potential crisis in masculinity, then
Martina's Playhouse signals that the equally artificial construct of femininity is ready to explode.
TECHNICAL SPECS
Genre: Docufiction
Director: Peggy Ahwesh