Ed Wood Centennial Retrospective
Ongoing Series
The AC continues their celebration of lifelong crossdresser and B-movie pioneer Ed Wood with a special series kicking off on his 100th birthday. The series includes Wood's debut Glen or Glenda and late career Take it Out in Trade, both of which star Wood as a trans* character.
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Ed Wood Centennial Retrospective
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
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Ed Wood Centennial Retrospective
PAST SCREENINGS
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Ed Wood, Jr. Centennial Retrospective
Los Feliz 3
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait & Author Harry Medved
Program begins with preview of the upcoming PBS SoCal show, LOCATIONLAND, featuring an episode devoted to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE filming locations. Screening on Ed Wood Jr's birthday, with an introduction by comedian Bobcat Goldthwait and author Harry Medved.
In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention is not to conquest Earth but to stop mankind from developing the powerful bomb “Solobonite” that would threaten the universe. When the population of Hollywood and Washington DC sees flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
Take It Out In Trade
Ed Wood, Jr. Centennial Retrospective
Los Feliz 3
A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a “house of ill-repute.”
Revenge of the Dead
Ed Wood, Jr. Centennial Retrospective
Los Feliz 3
Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow’s place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for. Also known as 'Night of the Ghouls.'
Glen or Glenda
Ed Wood, Jr. Centennial Retrospective
Los Feliz 3
Co-custodian of the Ed Wood, Jr. Estate, Bob Blackburn
Program begins with never-before-seen “The Adventures of Ed & Kathy & George & Fran," with an introduction by co-custodian of the Ed Wood, Jr. Estate, Bob Blackburn.
The first film from "worst director of all time" Ed Wood (a lifelong cross-dresser) is one of his many cult classics--and a progressive/problematic exploration of cross-dressing and trans identities long before we had our current vocabularies for trans identity.
The film is a docudrama about cross-dressing and transvestism, and is semi-autobiographical in nature. Wood himself was a cross-dresser, and the film is a plea for tolerance. It was widely considered one of the worst films ever made upon release. However, it has since been reevaluated and has become a cult film due to its low-budget production values, idiosyncratic style, and early cinematic themes of transgender acceptance.
