VENUS
OF MARS
The eye-catching transgender singer of a Minneapolis glam rock band and her wife negotiate the frontiers of love and gender.
On stage, wearing a vinyl corset and stiletto boots, s/he's Venus, lead singer of the glam rock band All The Pretty Horses. At home in Minneapolis with Lynette, her wife of twenty years, s/he's Steve. Born male, Venus is transgender. S/he's "in between" — taking female hormones, but not planning to have sexual reassignment surgery. To some, s/he's a pioneer, courageously exploring a brave new world of gender identity, free of categorization. To others, s/he's a freak. VENUS OF MARS is both the unique coming out story of Venus' gender-redefining journey, and the truly contemporary love story of a couple weathering dramatic changes in uncharted relationship territory.
“Venus Of Mars” was funded in part by a generous grant from the Jerome Foundation.
Emily
Goldberg
Director/Producer/Editor
VENUS OF MARS is Emily Goldberg’s first independent feature length documentary.
Goldberg cut her teeth working in public television, where she produced a
wide variety of programs. Documentaries she directed for national broadcast
include JANE GOODALL: REASON FOR HOPE (1999), Emmy award winner AFRICATREK
(1995), and THE MINNEAPOLIS SOUND (1988). Goldberg’s work has garnered
numerous awards, including four Emmys and three CEN ‘Best Cultural Documentary’
awards. She is an Oberlin College graduate and a damn good dancer.
EMILY GOLDBERG World
premiere of “Venus Of Mars” at the International Documentary
Festival Amsterdam. (Director, Producer, Editor) Panelist,
Jerome Foundation Travel/Study Grant Program. Arts
& Cultural Producer for Twin Cities Public Television. Documentaries
directed include: Directed
segments for series including: Awards
include:
A Brief History In Film
2003
2002
Produced
segments and was Story Editor for Twin Cities Public Television’s
“Health Diary”.
2001
Produced
segments for WNET’s “Egg: The Arts Show”.
2000
Recipient,
Jerome Media Arts Grant for “Venus Of Mars”.
1999
National
public television broadcast of “Jane Goodall: Reason For Hope”.
(Director, Editor)
1997
Produced
segments for Twin Cities Public Television’s “Tape’s
Rolling”.
1995
- 96
Produced
segments for “Neat Stuff”, a co-production of Oregon Public
Broadcasting and The Learning Channel.
1982
- 95
Tape’s Rolling: Kirby Puckett (1997)
Africatrek (1996)
Only In Minnesota (1993)
KMOJ: Heart And Soul (1991)
Peter Himmelman: A Million Sides (1990)
The Minneapolis Sound (1988)
Tape’s Rolling (Series Producer)
Arts On 2
Showcase (Series Producer)
Newton’s Apple
Four Emmys
Three CEN “Best Cultural Documentary” awards
1981
Assistant
Conservator, Institute of Archaeology, University of South Carolina.
1980
B.A.,
Art History, Oberlin College.