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DON'T CRY FOR ME ALL YOU DRAG QUEENS
Kristal Sotomayor | 2024, 9 Mins
A striking homage to the legendary New Hope drag queen Mother Cavallucci.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the small Pennsylvania town of New Hope was among a few safe havens outside of major cities for gay men to find community. Over 30 years later, the town’s legacy remained, but now for a different community: transgender women. TRANS HEAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA explores the untold story of legendary, weekend-long parties that saw hundreds of transgender women and self-identified crossdressers take over the town, traveling from all over the country to meet other people like them. Through both interviews and stunning animation sequences that utilize never-before-seen archival photography, audiences not only get a glimpse into the heyday of these events in the early 2010s but also the iconic gay bar The Raven which became the unlikely cornerstone of these weekends.
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryU.S.
- GenreDocumentary
- DirectorHansen Bursic
- ProducerSamantha K Tan
- CastKarleigh Webb
- CinematographerMad Bishop
- AnimatorPamela Chavez
Also streaming as part of this program:
DON'T CRY FOR ME ALL YOU DRAG QUEENS
Kristal Sotomayor | 2024, 9 Mins
A striking homage to the legendary New Hope drag queen Mother Cavallucci.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the small Pennsylvania town of New Hope was among a few safe havens outside of major cities for gay men to find community. Over 30 years later, the town’s legacy remained, but now for a different community: transgender women. TRANS HEAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA explores the untold story of legendary, weekend-long parties that saw hundreds of transgender women and self-identified crossdressers take over the town, traveling from all over the country to meet other people like them. Through both interviews and stunning animation sequences that utilize never-before-seen archival photography, audiences not only get a glimpse into the heyday of these events in the early 2010s but also the iconic gay bar The Raven which became the unlikely cornerstone of these weekends.
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryU.S.
- GenreDocumentary
- DirectorHansen Bursic
- ProducerSamantha K Tan
- CastKarleigh Webb
- CinematographerMad Bishop
- AnimatorPamela Chavez