WQ:Docs 2022

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Esther Newton Made Me Gay

Friday

,

Nov 18

@

6:00 pm

With Producer Shanti Avirgan in person.

WQ:Docs 2022

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

Esther Newton Made Me Gay

Friday

Nov 18

@

6:00 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

With 
Producer Shanti Avirgan
 in person.
Drawn to the drag scene as a student in the 1950s and identifying as both butch lesbian and between genders, Esther Newton has spent six decades writing about and forging queer communities; and her 1972 book ‘Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America’ is noted as the first rigorous academic/anthropological study of queer community in modern history. ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY is a rare look at queer history and gender studies through a living lesbian icon, encompassing amazing archival footage peppered with Esther’s other passion….dog training poodles!
Director
Jean Carlomusto
Year
2022
Run Time
90
min
Country
USA
Language
English
PROGRAM Time
minutes
Content warning:
Drawn to the drag scene as a student in the 1950s and identifying as both butch lesbian and between genders, Esther Newton has spent six decades writing about and forging queer communities; and her 1972 book ‘Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America’ is noted as the first rigorous academic/anthropological study of queer community in modern history. ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY is a rare look at queer history and gender studies through a living lesbian icon, encompassing amazing archival footage peppered with Esther’s other passion….dog training poodles!
This film is presented in
English
with English subtitles.
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