''The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye'' is a documentary film, directed by

Marie Losier Marie Losier (born 1972 in France) is a filmmaker and curator who's worked in New York City for 25 years and has shown her films and videos at museums, galleries, biennials and festivals. Losier studied literature at the University of Nanterre (F ...

and released in 2011. The film is a portrait of influential

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musician and performance artist

Genesis P-Orridge Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was a singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions arti ...

and their partner Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, focusing in particular on the Pandrogyny project of

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and

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that they both undertook to become more similar to each other in appearance. The film had its theatrical premiere in February 2011 at the

61st Berlin International Film Festival The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film ''True Grit'' opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total ...

, where it won the

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for best LGBTQ-related documentary film.Esther B. Robinson
"Love Song: Marie Losier on The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye"
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'', November 10, 2012.

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