Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest

On July 13, the Library is hosting a free author talk with trans film writers Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay, whose book Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema hits shelves on July 9.

The following weekend (7/19-7/21) the Olympia Film Society is screening six films written about at length in the book. Gardner and Maclay are two of the best film writers working today, and their new book is poised to become a foundational text about cinema and queer history. Delving deep into the history of trans representation in cinema, the authors examine the earliest trans images in silent film, to the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s, the massive success of The Matrix, to a new era of trans-authored movies engaging audiences today.

Gardner and Maclay selected six movies to screen at the Olympia Film Society, and recorded a special introduction for each. Library patrons can purchase tickets at OFS Member prices!

Pick up a special zine program at OFS, Olympia Library, or Orca Books Co-Op. For more info go to: https://olympiafilmsociety.org/corpses-fools-and-monsters/