''Casa Susanna'' is an American-French documentary film, directed by

Sébastien Lifshitz Sébastien Lifshitz (born 21 January 1968) is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the Universit ...

and released in 2022. The film portrays the history of Casa Susanna, a private resort in the Catskills region of

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which served as a haven for

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women and heterosexual cross-dressing men in the early 1960s before the dawn of the LGBT liberation movement. The film premiered at the

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on August 31, and had its North American premiere at the

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on September 9. It aired on '' American Experience'' on June 27, 2023.Rapold, Nicolas. "Revisiting a Midcentury Haven for Cross-Dressing Men," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, June 27, 2023.
Retrieved June 27, 2023.

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