BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, & Sadomasochism
1995, USA, dir. Michelle Handelman, 77 mins


From the director's website:

During the early 1990s, San Francisco was the epicenter of body modification and gender nonconformity, with transgender pioneers like Patrick Califia and Tala Brandeis fighting for visibility, alongside the voice of a bold S/M community. Michelle Handelman’s provocative and pioneering documentary BLOODSISTERS captures these queer outlaws in their zeitgeist moment, shot on digital video with an unfiltered rawness that mirrors the activism of the era.

From pushy bottoms to macho femmes, BLOODSISTERS is an A-Z documentary guide that shatters assumptions about gender and lesbian sexuality, with a kickass soundtrack by San Francisco punk bands Frightwig and Typhoon, and Industrial Music pioneers Chris & Cosey and Coil.

BLOODSISTERS premiered at the 1995 Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, CA.