Casa Susanna (film)

2022 American film

August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31) (Venice)

Running time

97 minutesCountriesUnited States
FranceLanguageEnglish

Casa Susanna is an American-French documentary film, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and released in 2022.^[1] 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.^[2]

The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31,^[3] and had its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9.^[4] It aired on American Experience on June 27, 2023.^[5]

References

^ Jennie Punter, "Toronto Doc ‘Casa Susanna’ Opens Doors on Early Postwar Trans and Cross-Dressing Community" Archived 2022-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Variety, September 12, 2022.
^ Amber Wilkinson, "‘Casa Susanna’: Venice Review" Archived 2022-09-03 at the Wayback Machine. Screen Daily, September 3, 2022.
^ Elsa Keslassy, "Trailer Unveiled for Sébastien Lifshitz’s Venice-Bound ‘Casa Susanna’" Archived 2022-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Variety, September 3, 2022.
^ B. L. Panther, "TIFF 2022: Casa Susanna reflects on a little known part of LGBTQ history" Archived 2022-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. The Spool, August 31, 2022.
^ Rapold, Nicolas. "Revisiting a Midcentury Haven for Cross-Dressing Men," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.