Presented through a generous partnership with Iowa City Pride.
"Watching 'Casa Susanna' feels like unearthing a precious treasure, a vital story of resilience and joy that was plucked from the ravages of time before being washed away forever." — Aaron Hills, Village Voice
In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed—dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those who visited the house, the film provides a moving look back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom, acceptance and, often, the courage to live out of the shadows.
