Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Friday, September 27 - Saturday, October 12, 2024

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig (Mitchell) undergoes a traumatic personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, characterized by Mitchell as inhabiting a “beautiful gender of one.” The film tells Hedwig’s story through her music, an eclectic assortment of original punk anthems and power ballads by Trask, matching them with a freewheeling cinematic mosaic of music-video fantasies, animated interludes, and moments of bracing emotional realism. A hard-charging song cycle and a tender character study, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is a tribute to the transcendent power of rock n’ roll.

“Velvet Goldmine and All That Jazz by way of The Wall– a bombastically endearing romp that is as infectious as it is (surprisingly) poignant.” – Walter Chaw, Film Freak

Screening as part of our midnight series Late Night Favorites: Fall 2024

Previously screened in July of 2019 with John Cameron Mitchell in person.

• Country USA
• Year 2001
• Running Time 91 minutes
• Distributor 425
• Director John Cameron Mitchell
• Writer John Cameron Mitchell (original book & screenplay), Stephen Trask (original book)
• Editor Andrew Marcus
• Cinematographer Frank G. DeMarco
• Cast John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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