I Am the Tigress

Film program, AT/DE/US 2021, 77 min., engl. OV

By: Philipp Fussenegger & Dino Osmanovic

With: Tischa Thomas

We are happy to welcome director Philipp Fussenegger & protagonist Tischa Thomas at the Pornfilmfestival.

Manager, mother, dominatrix – Tischa Thomas has many roles to play. One of them is being a professional bodybuilder. The camera follows the 47-year-old athlete in what is probably the final stage of her career, as she is fighting for her space at competitions just as she is in her everyday life. As a muscular Black woman, Tisha polarizes her surroundings. The body of “the Tigress” aches as she proclaims her love for each muscle, believing in the power of transformation. But time cannot be stopped – and behind the woman of steel the fragility of a fighter is shining through.

Kai Hermann

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