Queer Classics: Rebel Without A Cause @ Spark Social House

Join The Fanthropologist at Spark Social for a special screening of Rebel Without A Cause.

Intro and Q&A with film/TV scholar Lena Barkin.

Synopsis: After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark (James Dean) is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato (Sal Mineo), and falls for local girl Judy (Natalie Wood). However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz (Corey Allen). When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

--------

Queer Classics, curated and hosted by fanthropologist and film/TV scholar Lena Barkin is devoted to screening films shaped by queers and queers shaped by films around the DC metro area. Through fostering community and discussion, this series highlights the long and strange history of queerness in media from precode to millennial.

Also check out other Entertainment events in Washington, Nonprofit events in Washington, Sports events in Washington.