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PETER HUJAR'S DAY
Q&A with Filmmaker Ira Sachs
Saturday, November 8
7:45
Moderated by actor/filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell
NOTE: This screening is SOLD OUT.
A standby line will form at the box office 30 minutes prior to showtime.
Ira Sachs is a NYC-based filmmaker whose feature films include PASSAGES, LITTLE MEN, LOVE IS STRANGE, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON and his newest, PETER HUJAR'S DAY with Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, opening this fall. In 2009, he founded Queer|Art, and organization that provides mentorship and support from queer and trans artists across disciplines and generations.
John Cameron Mitchell wrote/directed/starred in the musical and film HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH for which he won two Tony Awards, Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Festival, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He directed the films SHORTBUS (2006); RABBIT HOLE (2010) providing a Best Actress Oscar® nomination for Nicole Kidman; and HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES (2017). TV roles include Girls, Shrill, The Good Fight, The Sandman, Yellowjackets, City on Fire, and Joe Exotic in Joe Vs Carole. He is developing LSM, a play about French anti-Nazi artist Claude Cahun; two feature films based on the lives of Allen Ginsberg and AIDS activist Peter Staley; and a memoir entitled A Heart Held Outside the Body.
