Screening features Q&A with John Cameron Mitchell, producer Howard Gertler, and cast member Adrienne Trustcott
WHAT: SHORTBUS (2006, 1hr 41min) film screening with Q&A with writer/director John Cameron Mitchell, producer Howard Gertler and cast member Adrienne Truscott
PRESENTED BY: Hudson Hall & Kasuri/Queer Ass Film Club
WHEN: Wednesday, July 10 at 8pm. Doors open 7:30pm
WHERE: Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson NY
TICKETS: $18/$15 students (includes fees)
WEB: www.hudsonhall.org/event/shortbus
Hudson, NY — July 1, 2024: Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, Kasuri/Queer Ass Film Club present a special screening of the outrageously explicit cult classic Shortbus (2006) on Wednesday, July 10 at 8pm. The screening features a Q&A with writer/director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig & The Angry Inch), producer Howard Gertler (How to Survive a Plague), and cast member and performance artist Adrienne Truscott(The Wau Wau Sisters),who will discussthe making of the film andthe New York City queer/downtown performance scene that inspired it. Polaroid photographs that were used in the film – taken by Hudson-based artist Wolfy Part II – will be on display in the theater the night of the screening.
Steamy but sweet, Mitchell’s “brazenly queer, joyously sex-positive comedy” (The Guardian) explores the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City. Set during the NYC blackout of 2003, the film follows a sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple considering opening up their relationship, and a colorful cast of characters who all converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus; a mad nexus of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality.
The screening brings together Hudson Hall’s Movies on Mainstreet film series and the Queer Ass Film Club (QAFC), a collaboration between the local creative platform, curator, and bookstore Dream Brother and post-avant garde fashion boutique, Kasuri. A bi-weekly screening of seminal queer films, QAFC is part of an ongoing and evolving series of collaborative events focused on creating space for queer community to gather, commune, and create.
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HUDSON HALL AT THE HISTORIC HUDSON OPERA HOUSE
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Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House is a cultural beacon in the Hudson Valley, offering a dynamic year-round schedule of music, theater, dance, literature, workshops for youth and adults, as well as family programs and large-scale community events. Located in an historic landmark that houses New York State’s oldest surviving theater, Hudson Hall underwent a full restoration and reopened to the public in April 2017 for the first time in over 55 years. The newly restored Hudson Hall reflects Hudson’s rich history in a modern facility that welcomes residents and visitors from throughout our local community, across the nation, and around the globe.
Movies on Mainstreet is made possible with support from The Law Office of John K. Friedman, LLC