NR | Dark Comedy | 1 Hour 32 Minutes | $10.00 General Admission/$6.00 Members
Doors: 6:45pm
Screening: 7:30pm
Vendors: TBA
LGBTQ&A to be announced.
Warner Brothers (allegedly) does not want you to see this film. And, really, isn’t that a good enough reason to go?
Vera Drew, who you may or may not know from her work on Comedy Bang! Bang! and Who is America? wrote and directed this satirical coming-of-age superhero origin story. It’s a mouthful, I know, but it works. Drew takes the familiar, overly saturated tropes of the superhero flick to draw out an honest (and hilarious) portrait of coming-out, one that both speaks to the trans experience and also manages to poke fun at the homogeneity of our society (and our film culture) all at once. The film is delightfully handmade, and its pastiched style, featuring work from more than 100 different artists, lends itself to the comic book stylings of the film and creates a delightfully fantastic setting for what boils down to a grounded narrative.
Having screened The People’s Joker for the first time in 2024, the Rosendale Theatre is thrilled to present The People’s Joker on VHS, in glorious pan-and-scan!
Kingston Film Foundation and WTF Wednesday Present: Qweird Cinema is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.