Based in TTO’s Queer Republic Programming and in Coolidge Corners Signature Programming -- QUEERING THE SCREEN is a vital part of TTO’s next lifecycle and mission, presenting liberating art by, for, and about queer and trans people of color that transcends artistic boundaries, celebrates cultural abundance, and dismantles oppression. In partnership with The Coolidge Corner Theatre, The Theater Offensive seeks to display queer media, focusing primarily on explicit representation of Queer & Trans characters and communities in cinema, theatrical production recordings, and media performance. The themes of these films will include and revolve around The Theater Offensive’s Queer Liberatory Aesthetics, as the core of these aesthetics in queer art are life-affirming. Through this series and workshops accompanying we will analyze the contested relationships between spectator and text, identity and commodity, realism and fantasy, activism and entertainment, desire and politics.
November 18th 2024 @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
5th Annual Black Trans Women at the Center Festival
Experience the next wave of new plays through this theatrical recording of the fifth annual Black Trans Women at the Center: Virtual New Play Festival! Witness the electrifying creativity and raw talent of Black trans women as they take center stage in a captivating digital showcase of new plays.
Led by the visionary Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Ensemble member, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, the festival will feature a staged streaming of her new work Shapeshifter. Witness the symphony of voice rising to claim their rightful place at the forefront of the theatrical landscape.
November 19th 2024 @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
Kokomo City
Kokomo City is a 2023 documentary film that explores the lives of four Black transgender sex workers in New York and Georgia. The film explores the intersection of race, sexuality, social class, and gender identity. It also provides insight into the sex industry and the experiences of Black trans women. Kokomo City premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023 and was released in theaters in July 2023. It is rated R for nudity, sexual content, language, and references to violence.
November 20th 2024 @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
Paris is Burning
Paris is Burning is a 1990 documentary film by Jennie Livingston that explores the underground ballroom dance and performance subculture of New York City's African American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities in the 1980s. The film offers an intimate portrait of the culture, including its origins, competitions, houses, and mothers.The film features interviews with legendary drag queens, voguers, and trans women, including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza. The film explores the lives and struggles of its subjects, and the strength, pride, and humor they display to survive in a "rich, white world".