Seduction: 3 Cruel, Yet Fair Films by Monika Treut
Ever since the release of her debut feature Seduction: The Cruel Woman (made in collaboration with filmmaker and longtime cinematographer Elfi Mikesch) in 1985, Hamburg-based filmmaker Monika Treut has devoted herself to depicting and documenting queer lives on screen, exploring the mysteries and ambiguities of gender, and transgressing repressive sexual mores and ideas. Fiercely controversial in her native Germany—where Die Zeit once proclaimed that “films like Monika Treut’s are destroying cinema”—Treut found much more acceptance for her work in the burgeoning queer film festival and independent film scenes in America, leading to several decadeslong collaborations with queer icons like trans poet Max Wolf Valerio, Sexpert, Susie Bright, and “post-porn modernist” Annie Sprinkle.
General admission is $14-$15. All shows are free or discounted for Roxie members. For Hardcore Fans:
Limited passes are available to see all three films in the series for $33! Passes can be picked up at the box office starting November 4. Tickets can only be redeemed at the box office when presenting your pass. All pass holders will have tickets reserved for every screening included in the pass.
Photo credit: Elfi Mikesch
