the critically-acclaimed film which explores sexuality and the yearning for connection in post-911 New York, Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in Old Chapel in honor
Actor, director and screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell will present “The Making of Shortbus” Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in Old Chapel. Advanced screenings of the film will be shown in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium Thursday, April 17 at 5 and 7 p.m.
The screenings and talk are free and open to the public.
Written and directed by Mitchell, the critically acclaimed “Shortbus” (2006) explores sexuality and the yearning for connection in post-911 New York.
The film, which includes explicit sexual content, garnered six awards including “Best Art Direction” and “Best Screenplay” at the 2006 Gijün International Film Festival and a “Golden Eye” for “Best New Feature Film” at the 2006 Zurich Film Festival.
Mitchell is best known for his portrayal of a transsexual glam rocker in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” He won two Obies for his off-Broadway performance of an East German victim of a botched sex change operation. Mitchell adapted the play for the big screen and premiered the film at the 2001 Sundance Festival, where he won the Director’s Award and Audience Award.
Mitchell’s visit, part of Union’s newly formed Film Studies program and minor, was made possible through award-winning documentary producer and director Jim de Sève. A visiting filmmaker at Union for the 2008 spring and fall terms, de Sève teaches a film production course called “Documentary Filmmaking: Filtering Your World.”
The talk is co-sponsored by Spectrum, Modern Languages and Literature Department, Sorum House and the Minerva Programs Office. Sorum House is also hosting a dinner with Mitchell and members of the campus community at 5:30 p.m. preceding the talk.
For more information about Film Studies, contact Co-directors Michelle Chilcoat (388-7103, chilcoam@union.edu) or Andrew Feffer at (388-6787, feffera@union.edu).