Split
A beautiful person, despite the misguided description of her as a woman from the waist up and a man from the waist down. Chrysis performs herself admirably, enviably.
Ellen Fisher Turk
I made Split in 1992, have been working as a Photography Therapist, using pictures from clothed to semi nude with women suffering from eating disorders and am now teaching seniors to make their own video memoirs. I've worked since 1995 with developmentally delayed preschool children, working as a special educator with autistic children, children who aren't able to speak and children who have emotional difficulty.[bio courtesy of the filmmaker]
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Split
SPLIT is a documentary portrait of International Chrysis, a New York "show girl" and drag queen. Surreal herself, Chrysis was one of Salvador Dali's inner circle, a woman from the waist up, a man from the waist down. The movie penetrates Chrysis' hidden world of transsexual and drag queens,...Watch Movie
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Honest look at a talented person struggling with a difficult life. Not a "refined" product. Not a refined product and no judgements.