Film Series
Queering the Canon: Totally Radical
Curated by NewFest’s Nick McCarthy and Kim Garcia; presented in partnership with NewFest
Rock the foundations of society with this electrifying, decades-spanning series that entertains as it spits in the face of authority. Playfully rebellious, full of fury, and queer AF, this retrospective collection of rollicking adventures and cult curios includes dynamic dystopias, outcasts reclaiming their space, a revolutionary women’s collective, and an imaginative alt-musical about AIDS.
The sensationally subversive Queering the Canon: Totally Radical will feature in-person Q&As with legendary filmmakers Gregg Araki, Silas Howard, and more!
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Young punk lovers pick up handsome drifter in restoration of Gregg Araki's iconic 90s work.
“Free, ardent, spontaneous” and an “indispensable mode of radical change” (The New Yorker).
A trans woman, a queer underground love triangle, and a student revolt in 1960s Japan.
“Groundbreaking when it premiered back in 2001, and it still feels just as fresh and original today”—Queerty
An audacious musical satire of AIDS-era love, loss, sex, science, history, and hysteria.