Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean // Trans Lives On-Screen

Name: Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean // Trans Lives On-Screen
Start: 2024-09-20T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-20T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Stray Cat Film Center

Schedule

Fri Sep 20 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Stray Cat Film Center | Kansas City, KS

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
Adapted from a stage play of the same name, this 1982 Robert Altman feature is unique in its deft and, at the time, uncommonly humanizing portrayal of Joanna (Karen Black), a trans woman and one of the core members of the film. Despite being written and directed by cis men, and Joanne being portrayed by a cis actress, this film explores her as a person, rather than just a plot device, and avoids falling into many of the negative tropes surrounding trans characters in film as a result. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean is one of Altman's most underseen pictures, and truly a one-of-a-kind entry in the trans film canon.