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Aug 15, 2011, 9:12:39 PM8/15/11

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Red Channels presents:

Madame X: An Absolute Ruler

MONDAY AUGUST 22, 2011, 7 pm

92YTribeca SCREENING ROOM

200 Hudson Street, NY, NY

$10

This is something-this is extreme- the Outlaw-the Misfits- this is what I was looking for! - Betty Brillo

The notorious pirate ruler Madame X places a print ad, calling on women to escape their boring lives and promising "gold, love and adventure" to all who come aboard her ship, the Orlando. A motley crew including a housewife, diva and artist (played by Yvonne Rainer) embark on a quest for self-transformation, which quickly heads towards destruction as they are subjected to Madame X's sadistic, erotic escapades. Director Ulrike Ottinger's Madame X is a surreal subversion of the swashbuckler genre that challenges notions of feminism, sexuality, and liberation.