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Play, download and edit the video Song for Rent, After Jack Smith (16mm, 2019) *Excerpt.

TRT: 7 minutes

With Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" looped in the background, experimental filmmaker Jack Smith starred as Rose Courtyard—a drag character based on Rose Kennedy—in his 1969 film, "Song for Rent." In this adaptation, Barbarella Bush joins Rose in a campy exploration of US nationalism, queer assimilation, and denunciation.

Closed captioning and audio description make Song for Rent, After Jack Smith accessible to a wider audience, while also playing a critical role in the film's structure.

STARRING:
Jade Theriault as Jack Smith as "Rose Courtyard"
Rae Raucci as "Barbarella Bush"

CREW:
Assistant Director: Nathan Hill
Production Assistant: Kolmel W. Love
Makeup Artist: Dee Lit
Assistant to Mx. Theriault: Tommy Tompkins
Artist Book by: Max Garent
Audio Description by: Arthur Johnson Weiss

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Antonella Bonfanti
Canyon Cinema
Elizabeth Miller
Jennifer Jones
Josh Cohen
Jeannette Perkal
Kelly "SK Shipwreck" Meister
Steve Polta

Filmed at the California College of the Arts, 2018
Post-Production finished at the Headlands Center For the Arts, 2019

SCREENINGS:
Light Field, SF: 2019
SF Trans Film Fest: 2018

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