After coming out as trans, world-record-holding gamer, Narcissa loses her massive fanbase. To win them back, she sets out to break a new record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and live-stream every minute of her quest.
“An innovative film constructed from excerpts from a vast accumulation of livestream recordings on the gaming website Twitch…excellent storytelling.”
— Natalia Winkelman, New York Times
“The result is a unique, insightful examination of gaming culture with equal appeal for gamers and non-gamers, providing authentic insight into a subculture that’s been undergoing rapid change over the past decade.”
— Molly Lipson, Polygon
“As gaming becomes a more and more prominent aspect of modern-day youth culture, documentaries like Break the Game offer the human side of an ever-growing ecosystem too often reduced to pixels and memes.”
— Eric Kohn, IndieWire
“An eye-opening and beautifully told queer story.”
- Mike Vaughn, Geek Vibes Nation
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
May 8
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
* Private Screening*
May 30, 7:00 PM
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Q+A with filmmaker Jane M. Wagner
