Other, Like Me (2020): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2020, Other, Like Me is a documentary film directed by Marcus Werner Hed, running about 80 minutes.

What it’s about. Hull, England, 1970. In a run-down commune in a tough port city, a group of social misfits - mostly working class, mostly self-educated - adopted new identities and began making simple street theater under the name COUM Transmissions. Their playful performances gradually gave way to work that dealt openly with sex, pornography, and violence. COUM lived on the edges of society, surviving on meager resources, finding fellowship with others marginalized by the mainstream. At the core of the group were two artists, Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti. As their work evolved, Cosey embarked on a career modeling for pornographic magazines, which she claimed for herself as a conceptual artwork, using it to forge a specific position in relationship to 1970s feminism. In performances, Genesis pushed himself to extremes, testing the limits of the human body.

Who’s in it. Other, Like Me stars Genesis P-Orridge, Peter Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Les Maul, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Other, Like Me has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Other, Like Me page.

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