Casa Susanna is an American-French documentary film, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and released in 2022.[1] The film portrays the history of Casa Susanna, a private resort in the Catskills region of New York which served as a haven for transgender women and heterosexual cross-dressing men in the early 1960s before the dawn of the LGBT liberation movement.[2]

Casa Susanna
Directed bySébastien Lifshitz
Written bySébastien Lifshitz
Produced byMuriel Meynard
CinematographyPaul Guilhaume
Edited byTina Baz
Production
companies
Agat Films
Arte
American Experience Films
Release date
  • August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31) (Venice)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31,[3] and had its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9.[4] It aired on American Experience on June 27, 2023.[5]

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