Casa Susanna (2022)

Directed by

Sébastien Lifshitz

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of a secret resort in the 1960s where transgender women and cross-dressing men found a safe place to be themselves. It uses photographs, home movies, and interviews to show how guests built community and experienced moments of freedom.

nostalgicgentlereflectiveintimatehistorically evocativequiethopeful

What happens

Casa Susanna is an American-French documentary film, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and released in 2022. The film portrays the history of Casa Susanna, a private resort in the Catskills region of New York which served as a haven for transgender women and heterosexual cross-dressing men in the early 1960s before the dawn of the LGBT liberation movement. The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, and had its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9. It aired on American Experience on June 27, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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