poster

Casa Susanna

Documentary

8.0

Release Date

August 31, 2022

Duration

97 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

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.

Casts

Katherine Cummings

Self

Katherine Cummings

Diana Merry-Shapiro

Self

Diana Merry-Shapiro

Betsy Wollheim

Self

Betsy Wollheim

Gregory Bagarozy

Self

Gregory Bagarozy

Christine Jorgensen

Self (archive footage)

Christine Jorgensen

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