 Deeply personal, the performative mode is particularly well-suited to telling the stories of filmmakers from marginalized social groups, offering the chance to air unique perspectives without having to argue the validity of their experiences, as in Marlon Riggs’ 1990 documentary "Tongues Untied" about his experiences as a gay black dancer in New York City.The departure from a rhetoric of persuasion allows the performative film a great deal more room for creative freedom in terms of visual abstraction, narrative, etc.Stella Bruzzi (2000), by contrast, holds a broader view of the performative mode.