As the live action version of gravity defying Broadway and West End musical Wicked hits our screens, revisit the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz. Dorothy (Judy Garland) is an innocent farm girl who gets swept away in a tornado with her dog Toto. She arrives in a magical place called Oz. While trying to find her way home, she makes friends and enemies.
Join any Pride march and you are likely to see a glorious display of papier-mâché unicorn heads trailing sequins, drag queens wearing mermaid tails and more fairy wings than you can shake a trident at. But these are not just accessories: they are queer symbols with historic roots.
To celebrate the launch of Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward, we’re screening a series of well loved films with queer themes that are often overlooked.
Screenings will take place in the iconic Tunnel Shaft, and will begin with a short introduction by Sacha Coward.
What Sacha has to say:
Today, in popular culture, the witch can be reframed as a misunderstood hero, or as a victim of her society’s religious paranoia and patriarchal expectations. Witches have gathered legions of queer fans, who read books, craft cosplay and attend musicals that recast witches and witchcraft as free and accepting.