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Release Date:
August 31, 2022
Original Title:
Casa Susanna
Alternate Titles:
transidentitäten in den fünfzigern
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE France Cinéma
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
American Experience Films
BBC Storyville
Production Countries:
France | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13
Runtime: 97
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.
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Director:
Sébastien Lifshitz
Director of Photography:
Paul Guilhaume
Editor:
Tina Baz
Executive Producer:
Cameo George
First Assistant Director:
Philippe Thiollier
Post Producer:
Pierre Huot
Producer:
Muriel Meynard
Production Manager:
Stéphanie Garnes
Sound:
Jeanne Delplancq
François Abdelnour
Fanny Martin
Daniel Sobrino
Writer:
Sébastien Lifshitz
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