Queering the Canon: Totally Radical
This five-day retrospective series shines a spotlight on rebellious queer films that deserve increased recognition for their contribution to the queer canon.
Featuring a lineup of in-person + virtual screenings + Q&A's!
April 6 – 10, 2023
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 collective, and even an imaginative alt-musical about AIDS.
Featuring in-person Q&As with legendary filmmakers Gregg Araki, Silas Howard, and more, the sensationally subversive “Queering the Canon: Totally Radical” is gonna be all the rage.
Tickets to each in-person film include a special Q&A with the filmmaker.
Individual Film Ticket — $16 | $8 for NewFest Members
In-person access to a single film
(SOLD OUT) In-Person All Access Pass — $30 | $15 for NewFest Members
In-person access to all five films
Virtual All Access Pass — $18 | $9 for NewFest Members
Virtual access to all four films (excludes BORN IN FLAMES); Does not include Q&A’s
All films (excluding BORN IN FLAMES) are available virtually April 6 at 12 AM through April 10 at 11:59 PM EST.
Streaming anywhere in the United States. Individual tickets are not available for virtual screenings.
* Virtual passes and individual tickets are discounted for NewFest Members. Haven’t joined yet? Become a member today!
LINEUP
THE DOOM GENERATION (1995)
dir. Gregg Araki
Young punk lovers take a highway to hell after picking up a devilishly handsome drifter in this rapturous restoration of Gregg Araki’s iconic 90s work
BORN IN FLAMES (1983)
dir. Lizzie Borden
“The free, ardent, spontaneous creativity of BORN IN FLAMES emerges as an indispensable mode of radical change.” — The New Yorker
FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (1969)
dir. Toshio Matsumoto
Set in the queer underground of 1960s Japan, this ravishing film follows Eddie, a trans woman navigating a love triangle in the gay bar scene alongside a revolutionary student movement.
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK (2001)
dir. Harry Dodge, Silas Howard
“Groundbreaking when it premiered back in 2001, and it still feels just a fresh and original today” –QUEERTY
ZERO PATIENCE (1993)
dir. John Greyson
An audacious musical satire of love and loss, sex and science, history and hysteria in the age of AIDS.
VIRTUAL PANEL
For this year’s Queering the Canon, NewFest and BAM turn their eyes to the totally radical. But what does that mean in today’s media and cultural landscapes that have substantially changed since the days of Gregg Araki and Lizzie Borden?
STREAMING
APRIL 6-10
Streaming films do not include filmmaker Q&A’s
BORN IN FLAMES is screening in-person only. Individual tickets are not available for virtual screenings.