A Body to Live In (2025): Cast & Ratings

This documentary offers an intimate look at the life and work of Fakir Musafar, a key figure in the queer body-modification scene. The film examines his significant influence and the development of the “Modern Primitive” movement, drawing on archival footage and interviews with those who knew him. Through a creative presentation of the archives, photographs and video are reinterpreted to reveal new layers of meaning. Angelo Madsen’s film combines these materials with personal accounts, creating a portrait that celebrates self-discovery while also acknowledging the complexities of Musafar’s spiritual journey and the questions of bodily autonomy he raised.

• AM Director Angelo Madsen Minax

• FM Fakir Musafar as themselves
• AS Annie Sprinkle as themselves
• GP Genesis P-Orridge as themselves
• M Midori as themselves

• Two Sons and a River of Blood 2021

• IMDb

  7.4 /10

  19 votes