Film Screening: Summer Solstice
Campus Arts Event
Film Screening: Summer Solstice
Follow Leo, a trans man, and his cisgender and straight friend Eleanor on a weekend trip, during which they uncover some old secrets and new challenges.
FREE
Lenfest Center for the Arts - The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
November 22, 2024 | 6:30 pm
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Film Details

2021, 81 minutes, English

Leo, a trans man, and his cisgender and straight friend Eleanor go on a weekend trip, during which they uncover some old secrets and new challenges.

Acclaim

“A triumph of sensitivity from first-time feature filmmaker Noah Schamus.”
The New York Times

“Schamus’ sensitive and funny debut brings its anxieties and pleasures to full bloom so they can be properly considered and found suitably fleeting.”
The Los Angeles Times

Location

The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 West 129th Street
New York, NY 10027

About The Event

Leo, a trans man, and his cisgender and straight friend Eleanor go on a weekend trip, during which they uncover some old secrets, new challenges, and find the answer to the age-old question: can good friends and bad sex mix?

Screening followed by a conversation between Writer, Director, and School of the Arts alum Noah Schamus ’21 and Ron Gregg, Film and Media Studies, positioning Summer Solstice within the history of queer cinema. 

For more information, please visit the event website.

Image: Film still from One and Four / courtesy of Cartilage Films