SUN 15 JUN
Coming Soon to
Tinker Street Cinema
95 mins |
Rated
R (for sexual content and language)
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, John Cameron Mitchell
Starring Andrea Martin, John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Alberta Watson, Rob Campbell, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt
Another cult classic to check out during the Tinker Street Cinema’s celebration of PRIDE month…
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.Hedwig, born male as Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American G.I. and underwent a Gender Reassignment Surgery in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as it was supposed to - years later, Hedwig is leading her rock band on a tour of the U.S., telling her life story through a series of concerts at Bilgewater Inn seafood restaurants. Her tour dates coincide with those of arena-rock star Tommy Gnosis, a wide-eyed boy who once loved Hedwig - but then left with all her songs.
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Another cult classic to check out during the Tinker Street Cinema’s celebration of PRIDE month…
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.Hedwig, born male as Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American G.I. and underwent a Gender Reassignment Surgery in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as it was supposed to - years later, Hedwig is leading her rock band on a tour of the U.S., telling her life story through a series of concerts at Bilgewater Inn seafood restaurants. Her tour dates coincide with those of arena-rock star Tommy Gnosis, a wide-eyed boy who once loved Hedwig - but then left with all her songs.