Shridhar Bapat

In 1971, a group of students in New York City learning how to use the nascent technology of portable video interviewed Deborah Hartin for this documentary short. Having spent 20-plus years trying to conform to life in the body of a man, she followed her destiny all the way to Casablanca to receive the gender affirmation surgery that she had long yearned for and had attempted to self-administer in the past. Along with Esther Reilly (who was recently post-operative) and others in the transgender community, Hartin shares her story, revealing how the procedure had transformed her body, her life and her activism.

Recording of video processing feedback which was "performed" live to the music of The Soft Machine.

Video art recording of avant-garde music group Michael Tschudin's Midnight Opera Company, performing at The Kitchen in March 1973. The images were recorded using Tivicon Portopak cameras. Includes explanatory remarks by Bapat.