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Cockroach Premiere and Show
Featuring music performances by John Cameron Mitchell, John Boutté, and AJ Haynes; burlesque by Haus Contraire: Laveau Contraire, Synamin Vixen, and Cucci Licci; a special performance by Skinny Bone Jones; and a DJ set by Fùnké.
Plus the world premiere of Cockroach, a new short film written and directed by Justice Singleton, starring John Cameron Mitchell (Director/Writer/Star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Justice Singleton, Elise Neil (Scream 2, Hustle and Flow, Rosewood), and CG. Co-directed by Liliana Padilla.
Cockroach is a bold, genre-blending short film from filmmaker and performance artist Justice Singleton, exploring themes of sex, survival, connection, and identity through an unflinching, darkly funny lens.
A surreal and emotionally charged story of a late-night hookup turned existential odyssey, Cockroach follows a Black trans man and an older gay white man as they navigate an unexpected interruptionand ultimately, each others truths.
Doors open at 10pm, and show starts right after! Don't be late!
Reduced advance ticket prices of $15, goes up to $25 night of show! Special $10 tickets for members of the trans community.
MORE ABOUT THE FILM AND FILMMAKER
I am making the film Cockroach because, for most of queer lifeand especially during my gender transitionI felt like one. Small, invisible, misunderstood. With the rise of anti-Black and anti-trans legislation, I have feared my own extinction. But I am not the only one. We all find ourselves scattering, looking for connection, and a way to survive nuclear and political fallout.
This film is for audiences whove had to make hard decisions in order to become their authentic selveswho, while facing fear, somehow still meet love.
In America, and especially the South, trans people like me suffer from misinformation, discrimination, and bodily attacks. Im making this film to show that we are cockroaches in the best way: Weird. Resilient. Survivalist. Unstoppable in numbers. We deserve stories where we can make decisions about our bodies, conquer our fears, fall in love, and make some damn money. - Justice Singleton
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Justice Singleton is a Black trans director, writer, educator, stand-up comedian, poet, and drag burlesque artist based between New Orleans and Mississippi. The eldest child of Academy Award-nominated director John Singleton, Justice grew up steeped in the film industry before forging their own distinct path as a multidisciplinary storyteller.
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Justice has worked across TV and film, and founded Justify Writers, a meditative writing program focused on radical education and systemic storytelling. Justices work has been featured at the BlackStar Film Festival, Cannes, Academy Museum, Studio in the Woods, and more. Justice was the 2024 Winner of the New Orleans Pitch Festival for Cockroach. Off-screen, they run a trans-queer farm in Mississippi, and continue to write, perform, and teach across the country.
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2372 St Claude Avenue
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