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Casa Susanna

Documentary
8.0·2022·1h 37m

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 cl...

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Cast

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Katherine Cummings

Self

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Diana Merry-Shapiro

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Betsy Wollheim

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Gregory Bagarozy

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Christine Jorgensen

Self (archive footage)

DIRECTOR

Sébastien Lifshitz

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.