Starring: Charmaine Lee Anderson, Gus Harvey, Clark Kent, Val Martin, Jim-Ed Thompson, Joe Yale
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Fred Halsted, in this sexually and politically-charged film, establishes visual dialogue between intense homosexual BDSM sequences (including some with his lover Joe Yale) and trans women and drag queens at an upscale party in Los Angeles.
Preceded by:
LINDA/LES AND ANNIE (Johnny Armstrong, Albert Jaccoma, Annie Sprinkle, 1989)
A fun, unique, sexy and informative video docudrama about Les Nichols, a trans man. It includes an intimate view of the night he and Annie Sprinkle tried out his new, surgically-constructed genitalia for the first time. 32 min.
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Keyboard Fantasies tells the story of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a black transgender septuagenarian (and musical genius) who finally finds his place in the world. When Glenn receives an unexpected email in 2016 from a record collector in Japan inquiring about copies of his 1986 self-release, Keyboard Fantasies, everything changes. Now signed to a major indie label, and sharing a timely message with the world, Glenn’s emergence from obscurity transpires as an intimate coming of age story that spins the pain and suffering of prejudice into rhythm, hope and joy.
Before the feature, please enjoy a brief selection of music videos from Black trans and non-binary musicians that carry on the legacy of Beverly Glenn-Copleland.
Starring: Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Jens Taschner, Ichgola Androgyn, Robert Dietl, Evelyn Cron
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2K scan courtesy of Elizabeth Purchell
East German trans icon Charlotte von Mahlsdorf guides Rosa von Praunheim through the retelling of her incredible life story in this biopic that blurs the lines between traditional narrative and documentary. As much about the joys of collecting antique furniture as it is Mahlsdorf’s role in fostering and protecting queer community in East Berlin, I Am My Own Woman is one of the few trans biopics to truly feel as radical and as original as its subject.
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35mm print courtesy of Elizabeth Purchell
Decades before Paris is Burning, there was… The Queen. Frank Simon’s legendary documentary follows planning, production, and immediate fallout from drag impresario Flawless Sabrina’s 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant at New York’s Town Hall. Featuring candid conversations about the reality of pre-Stonewall queer life and cameos from then-and-future icons like Mario Montez and International Chrysis, The Queen is an essential early work of queer cinema that set the groundwork for everything from documentaries like TV Transvestite (1982) and Paris is Burning (1990) to RuPaul’s drag empire.
Preceded by:
MONSIEUR LE BUTCH (Jude Dry, 2020)
Jude wants top surgery, Mom wants an “old lady pass” on the whole pronouns thing. 12 min.
With bonus extended pre-show material!
Starring: Desiree Lane, Sulka, Ron Jeremy
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35mm print courtesy of Elizabeth Purchell
And they said it couldn’t be done! In this sequel to the groundbreaking trans erotic film Sulka’s Wedding, young adoptee Jenny (Desiree Lane) leaves her small-town home in search of fame and the identity of her mysterious birth mother in Hollywood. Little does she know that she’ll find both when she begins working as a dancer at a club owned by the glamorous trans icon Sulka.
Though less trans-centric than its predecessor, Sulka’s Daughter is a wonderful example of the surprising level of trans representation in the adult film industry—courtesy of director Kim Christy and their Female Mimics International magazine—at a time when Hollywood couldn’t care less. And remember—as the original poster warned, “If abnormal sex offends you… do not see this movie!”
This XXX film is an important part of LGBTQ film history, and should be celebrated and viewed as such. Any inappropriate behavior during this screening will not be tolerated and will result in permanent banishment from Nitehawk Cinema. Forever. Thank you!
Starring: Joan Dinco, David Rommel, Anna Zizzo, Susan L. Cane, Tammy Andersen
When genetic scientist Meredith Weaver finds out about her husband’s affair, she doses him with an experimental and very unstable serum, which causes his body parts to separate from his torso and take on monstrous lives of their own, all of them now craving human flesh. Soon, he’s stalking the streets in search of young women to quench the now insatiable hunger of his evil appendages.
Tom Berna’s rarely seen, stop-motion heavy Super 8mm body horror plays out like an alternate universe Lifetime movie directed by David Cronenberg that delivers both the gruesome FX set pieces but also serves a cautionary tale of male sexual addiction and unchecked passion.
Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Claes Bang, Lily McInerny, Naïlia Harzoune, Aliocha Schneider, Nathalie Richard
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) is relaxing by the French seaside with her father (Claes Bang) and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother’s enigmatic friend (Chloë Sevigny) turns her world upside down. A modern take on Françoise Sagan’s unforgettable coming-of-age novel.
Starring: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Harry Green, Bradley Page
After almost two-decades of lavish, epic, over-sexed period pieces, Cecil B. DeMille turned his camera on contemporary youth for the 1933 melodrama This Day and Age. When a beloved Jewish tailor is murdered by local racketeer Louis Garrett, the lithe and fashionably-attired student bodies of North High find their juvenile idyll disrupted – and their cries for justice unanswered by the grown-ups in the room. Galvanized by the law’s indifference, the kids hatch a plan to entrap Garrett and seek justice on their own terms. DeMille’s love of teeming crowds is on full display in the film’s gripping climax, where hoards of torch-bearing boys (Black standing equally with white) loom over the sniveling hoodlum who dared to cross them.
NYC premiere
“The desire to go back in time has been a part of humanity from the beginning. This film is the closest we could get to returning to a special time in our lives – revisiting a halcyon moment in our emotional memory as one of our experiential pinnacles.” – Jason Axel Summers, co-director
Teaming up with Dead Moon in 2001 to shoot the cult hit documentary Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story was a transformative adventure for filmmakers Summers and Kate Fix. They created a lifelong bond with all three members of the band, which continues to this day with the sole survivor, Toody Cole.
Shot in 2001 on tour in Europe and the US, with a days-long visit to the famous Cole home, the original film left little opportunity to allow for full-length song performances, as hearing from Andrew Loomis, Fred & Toody Cole often overlapped with concert footage. This new film revisits the performances that Jason & Kate captured on those tours, most of it never presented to the world until now. We also see fun and interesting footage of a less formal nature, just hanging out and traveling with the band. This film is meant to be an extension of Unknown Passage, and the desire is to provide a window back in time for fans of Dead Moon, both old and new.
Unlike many artists, there is no curtain to pull back and peer behind: they always were and are that face they presented as artists to the world. Their earnestness is undeniable, and their electrifying performances and connection with audiences drove them to the summit of the rock ‘n roll pantheon.
Starring: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Adel Abdulsalam, Dana Abed
Beshay – a man cured of leprosy – has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wing, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, its hardships and moments of grace, in his quest for a family, a place to belong, a little humanity…
