More than a home. A haven.
In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers. Diane and Kate are now 80 years old. At the time, they were men and part of this secret organization. Today, they relate this forgotten but essential chapter of the early days of trans-identity. It is a story full of noise and fury, rich in extraordinary characters, including the famous Susanna, who had the courage to create this refuge that came to be known as Casa Susanna.
Sébastien Lifshitz
Director, Writer
Katherine Cummings
Self
Diana Merry-Shapiro
Self
Betsy Wollheim
Self
Gregory Bagarozy
Self
Christine Jorgensen
Self (archive footage)
Disclosure78%
Welcome to Chechnya69%
I Am Vanessa Guillen75%
Maternal Instinct71%
Boys State70%
McQueen74%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Cover-Up70%
Voyeur59%
We Live in Public68%
Hot Girls Wanted61%
Overnight63%
American Teen63%
Nail Bomber: Manhunt65%
Strip Down, Rise Up65%
Pray Away67%
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish67%
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch70%
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste60%
The Green Prince71%
