Agnes De Garron

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is an activist organization of queer, self-proclaimed male nuns who use drag, religious iconography and street performance to protest homophobia, hatred and promote joy. This short film features interviews from Sister Hysterectoria, Sister Tootsie Tits, Sister Rosetta Stoned and Sister Gladiola Gladrags. Combined with archival footage and difficult-to-stomach audio recordings of anti-queer rhetoric, Zinser presents a tapestry of the emotional liberation provided to those who have joined the sisterhood.

Language passes through the body, meaty, corporeal, and breathing. Do you adopt the stereotypically "male" strategy of verbally lunging at your opponent, trying to skewer him rhetorically, or do you adopt the "feminine" approach, like the Oracle of Delphi, and open your body to allow voices from the beyond to speak through you? "Marvelous Discourse" uses cave art, shadow puppets, and a visit to a caf? in the Israeli town of Endor, among many other images, to explore the gendered experience of language-in-the-body. The text for the video is completely improvised by the actors, as a spectacular example of language unfolding from an intuitive physicality.