Casa Susanna (film)

Casa Susanna
Directed by	Sébastien Lifshitz
Written by	Sébastien Lifshitz
Produced by	Muriel Meynard
Cinematography	Paul Guilhaume
Edited by	Tina Baz
Production companies	Agat Films Arte American Experience Films
Release date	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31) (Venice)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	United States France
Language	English

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

1. 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.
2. Amber Wilkinson, "‘Casa Susanna’: Venice Review" Archived 2022-09-03 at the Wayback Machine. Screen Daily, September 3, 2022.
3. Elsa Keslassy, "Trailer Unveiled for Sébastien Lifshitz’s Venice-Bound ‘Casa Susanna’" Archived 2022-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Variety, September 3, 2022.
4. 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.
5. Rapold, Nicolas. "Revisiting a Midcentury Haven for Cross-Dressing Men," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

External links

• Casa Susanna at IMDb