Casa Susanna is an American-French documentary film, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and released in 2022.Jennie Punter, "Toronto Doc ‘Casa Susanna’ Opens Doors on Early Postwar Trans and Cross-Dressing Community" . Variety, September 12, 2022. The film portrays the history of Casa Susanna, a private resort in the Catskills region of New York which served as a haven for transgender women and heterosexual cross-dressing men in the early 1960s before the dawn of the LGBT liberation movement.Amber Wilkinson, "‘Casa Susanna’: Venice Review" . Screen Daily, September 3, 2022.
The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31,Elsa Keslassy, "Trailer Unveiled for Sébastien Lifshitz’s Venice-Bound ‘Casa Susanna’" . Variety, September 3, 2022. and had its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9.B. L. Panther, "TIFF 2022: Casa Susanna reflects on a little known part of LGBTQ history" . The Spool, August 31, 2022. It aired on American Experience on June 27, 2023.Rapold, Nicolas. "Revisiting a Midcentury Haven for Cross-Dressing Men," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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