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Casa Susanna

Casa Susanna

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 31, 2022

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

79%

Original Title

Casa Susanna

Production Companies

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, American Experience Films, BBC Storyville, ARTE France Cinéma

Director

Sébastien Lifshitz

Description

In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers. Diane and Kate are now 80 years old. At the time, they were men and part of this secret organization. Today, they relate this forgotten but essential chapter of the early days of trans-identity. It is a story full of noise and fury, rich in extraordinary characters, including the famous Susanna, who had the courage to create this refuge that came to be known as Casa Susanna.