QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

VICTIM

TIME & LOCATION

AFS Cinema - 6259 Middle Fiskville Road, 78752

Wednesday, May 7th at 8:30 p.m.

ABOUT THE EVENT

aGLIFF, Austin’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival in partnership with AFS Cinema present VICTIM as part of AFS Cinema’s QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND monthly screening series curated by Elizabeth Purchell from the popular podcast Ask Any Buddy. VICTIM is a fearless film that was so shocking for its time that it was initially banned in the US for “overtly expressing pleas for social acceptance of the homosexual, to the extent that he be made socially tolerable.”

ABOUT THE FILM

VICTIM | UK | 1961 | 1 hr 40 mins | 35MM

Director: Basil Dearden | Writers: Janet Green, John McCormick | Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Denis Price

A married but closeted barrister finds himself the target of a blackmail scheme in Basil Dearden’s groundbreaking queer thriller. Anchored by an electrifying and deeply personal performance by Dirk Bogarde (himself closeted), VICTIM is a fearless film that was so shocking for its time that it was initially banned in the US for “overtly expressing pleas for social acceptance of the homosexual, to the extent that he be made socially tolerable.” In 35mm.

Screening with a video introduction by Queer Cinema: Lost & Found programmer Elizabeth Purchell.

QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

From Austin Film Society

Archivist and historian Elizabeth Purchell (of Ask Any Buddy) explores the history of queer cinema and its many groundbreaking pioneers in this refreshing behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of queer representation on screen.

THANKS TO THE PRESENTING PARTNER: