The Avant-Gardener (2017)

★ 10.0 0h 39m IMDb
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Inspired by the music of Lindsay Katt, The Avant-Gardener follows the colorful life of an artist discovering her voice. As she learns from the mistakes of her parents, she struggles to find the balance between self-expression, commitment to her lovers, and the intense drive to further her creative passion. We follow her journey as she delves deep into her subconscious, an often terrifying place, to find the answers she seeks.

The Avant-Gardener

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Cast

Lindsay Katt
Lindsay Katt as Lindsay Lindsay Katt is a Queer, Non-binary Artist, known for their broad range of multimedia Art Work. Their music has been featured in shows such as “Castle” “Alias” “Switched at Birth” or SyFy’s “Being hu...
Heather Matarazzo
Heather Matarazzo as Heather Age 43 · Oyster Bay, New York, USA Heather Christina Marie Matarazzo (born November 10, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was Dawn Wiener in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995). She played Lilly in The Princess D...
Celisse Henderson
Celisse Henderson as God
Rain Dove Dubilewski
Rain Dove Dubilewski Age 36 · Vermont, USA
Cory Hindorff
Cory Hindorff as Octopus Lady Age 35 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cory Wade Hindorff is an American model, actor, singer, songwriter and LGBTQ activist and spokesperson. He is best known for being the last eliminated on the 20th cycle of America's Next Top Model, an...
Shawn Parr
Shawn Parr as Lindsay's Dad
Director Lindsay Katt
Cast Lindsay Katt, Heather Matarazzo, Celisse Henderson, Betty Ann Catalanello, Tom Datnow, Catherine Hurlin, Rain Dove Dubilewski, Cory Hindorff, Michael Hafftka, Celine Bassman

Audience Reviews

frodobatmanvader 10/10 Aug 15, 2025
**A Beautifully Earnest Musical Journey**
Well, I am very honored to be the first-ever review of this movie on this site. Had the distinct pleasure of watching this due to being friends with the director, Lindsay Katt, on TikTok (back when I was active on that site, it is).

What a beautiful labor of love this movie is. Beautiful music, wonderful concepts for each segment. I love the idea of a collection of music videos strung together to make an overarching story. And what an affecting story it is, too. For example, there is one moment in particular depicting artistic erasure that was so simple, yet so devastating in its execution, it will stick with me forever.

I’ve kept longing that this would get a proper release so more people can enjoy it. It’s saddening to me that it apparently is still unreleased. Lindsay, if you’re reading this, I love this movie and I’m hoping that one day, its distribution problems will be resolved and more people can enjoy this scrapbook of musicality.

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