2025
TRT: 8 min, 27 sec

Production format: 16mm

AUGMENTED was sparked through noticing that my massive spinal surgery was labeled medical augmentation, while my Transgender surgeries were named as alignment.

I started to dig into the different ways that "going under the knife" is described, and by who, and why, and who has the power to define these medical processes. More than that, talking with old friend, Max, the reality came up that we’re frightening because we’re the future.

In Interview:
Max Wolf Valerio

Trans Film Festival Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
(currently in festival distribution)