QUEER/TRANS PERFORMANCE: A Film Series


Black and White flyer for Queer/Trans Performance Film Series Winter 2026

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!

Date and Time: Mondays at 7:00pm
Location: Communications Building Room 150 (Studio C)

Come watch classic and contemporary films about queer and trans performance. These films are key texts for THEA 161M: Sexuality, Gender, Drama & Performance, taught by Prof. Ochoa.

We’ll be screening and discussing them in community, so come out and learn about the history of drag balls, queer anthropology and trans documentary!

Schedule:

  • Jan 12 Paris is Burning (1991)*
  • Jan 26 Esther Newton Made Me Gay (2022)*
  • Feb 2 The Legend of Leigh Bowery (2004)*
  • Feb 9 I’m Your Venus (2024)
  • Feb 16 Framing Agnes (2022)*
  • Feb 23 Kiki (2016)*
  • Mar 2 Las Trans de Caracas (1982)*
  • Mar 9 Screaming Queens (2005)

Hosted by Provost Ochoa, Film and Digital Media, and the Cantú Queer Center.

Last modified: Jan 09, 2026