Governor's Island
NewFest Pride: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001) (Test)
Get your wig out of the box and rock out to this iconic queer classic on Governor's Island!
Description
In Association with Film at Lincoln Center
(In-Person Only)
After falling in love with a U.S. Army sergeant, an East Berlin boy named Hansel undergoes a sex-change operation so that he can legally marry his beloved. But the operation is botched, leaving the boy less than a man, but not quite a woman. Deserted in a Kansas trailer park, the boy/girl, now named Hedwig, reinvents himself/herself as a rock star. Based on the hit off-Broadway musical. 95 min.
Director
John Cameron Mitchell
Genre
Narrative
Venue
In-Person: July 1 at 7:00PM Governor's Island