Queering the Canon: BORN IN FLAMES (1983)
“The free, ardent, spontaneous creativity of BORN IN FLAMES emerges as an indispensable mode of radical change.” — The New Yorker
Description
35MM Restoration
An underground feminist landmark of cinema, Lizzie Borden’s BORN IN FLAMES is brazenly queer, and unapologetically down to disrupt and dismantle the patriarchy. Set in a near future downtown New York ten years after a socialist revolution, radical feminist factions strategize and debate their own agendas as women’s equality remains unfulfilled. With guerilla style filming and a docu-narrative approach, the pulsing energy of NYC and layered political viewpoints might just have you ready to start your own radical queer biker gang.
In-person tickets include a guest introduction by Jessica Dunn Rovinelli
Part of Queering the Canon: Totally Radical
$16 In-Person Ticket | $8 for Members
$30 In-Person All Access Pass | $15 for Members
Screening in-person only
Director
Lizzie Borden
Writer
Lizzie Borden, Ed Bowes
Cast
Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy, Kathryn Bigelow