Esther Newton Made Me Gay
Esther Newton Made Me Gay
dir. Jean Carlomusto
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USA
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2022
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92 min
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KINOMUZEUM, MSN, screening room
2025-05-18
20:00
A film about a pathbreaking cultural anthropologist, dog agility enthusiast and iconic butch lesbian. Esther Newton’s life’s work has influenced generations of activists and scholars.
“Esther Newton Made Me Gay” explores the life and times of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton. Throughout her career, Esther was a pioneer – questioning and challenging status quo assumptions on gender, sexuality and anthropological methods. Her work inspired generations of scholars to pursue research in what would eventually become the field of LGBTQ+ and Gender Studies.
- duration:
- 92 min
- country / year of production:
- USA / 2022
- director:
- Jean Carlomusto
- cinematography:
- Alex Rappoport, Jean Carlomusto, David Sampliner
- production:
- Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2022 – Some Prefer Cake Film Festival: Best Documentary Feature, 2022 – Provincetown IFF: Warner Brothers Discovery Audience Award, 2022 – Out at the Movies IFF: Best Documentary Feature Jury Award; 2022 – Ann Arbor FF: Martin Contreras and Keith Orr Film Award for Best LGBTQ Film
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