Films · English introduction
Casa Susanna
Sébastien Lifshitz
In 1950s and 1960s America, a house in the Catskills gives a community a place to express feminine identity away from public scrutiny. This documentary returns to the traces of that refuge and to the people who remember it.
Why it belongs here
Archives and testimony connect private experiences with a period that repressed these identities. The house matters as a shared space: somewhere to meet others and live aspects of a life that could not safely be shown elsewhere.
Choose it for
A documentary evening about refuge, memory and belonging. Rather than a fictional romance, this selection offers an encounter with lives that were long hidden from view.
After watching
What does being able to appear in a photograph change? Think about the difference between keeping a private record and being allowed a place in a public history.
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