Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival

Cinema Block 5

Expired September 26, 2022 4:59 AM
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This program block mirrors the closing night program at the Fargo Theatre Saturday, September 17, 2022.


To watch this Curated Cinema Block, you can purchase an Individual Ticket for $10 or the All-Access Pass, which provides access to all of the festival's in-person screenings and the special online festival encore. The festival will be available online from midnight, Sunday, September 18, through Sunday, September 25.

Esther Newton was drawn to the drag scene as a student in the 1950s. Identifying as both butch lesbian and between genders, she felt a kinship with the queens; what the feminine clothing society expected her to wear felt like a form of drag. Her 1972 book ‘Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America’ is noted as the first rigorous study of its kind. Now entering her sixth decade writing about queer communities, Newton exudes wisdom and a healthy dose of New York no-nonsense. The film’s amazing archive footage encompasses gay liberation, the feminist sex wars, AIDS activism and life on the safe haven of Fire Island. Her other main passion is dog training, so this illuminating history lesson is peppered with poodles!
  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    92 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Jean Carlomusto