Arte: “Casa Susanna”, documentary by Sébastien Lifshitz, on arte.tv on June 6 and on air on June 14

Casa Susanna (93'), a new documentary by Sébastien Lifshitz, will be broadcast on the arte.tv platform from June 6 and then on Arte on June 14 at 8:55 p.m., the channel announced. Co-produced by Agat Films and American Experience Films, in association with BBC Storyville, the film traces the story of Casa Susanna, an underground network of transvestites in the 1950s and 1960s, in the Catskills, in the United States.

Diane and Kate are 80 years old today. At the time, they were men and were part of this secret organization. They tell this almost erased but essential story, at a time when transidentity was a new concept. It is a story full of sound and fury, with its unusual characters including the famous Susanna who had the courage to create this refuge which was then called Casa Susanna, describes the press release.