Friend of the Bureau Ariel “Federow” Speedwagon introduces the 1931 lesbian cult film from Germany  Mädchen in Uniform, directed by Leontine Sagan. Lively discussion will follow the screening.

IMDB page for Mädchen in Uniform.

Check out B. Ruby Rich’s “Maedchen in Uniform: From Repressive Tolerance to Erotic Liberation,” published in Jump Cut, no. 24-25, March 1981, pp. 44-50 (copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, 1981, 2005).

Ariel “Speedwagon” Federow is a writer/performer, dancer, clown, and the former Miss JewSA. She’s worked with, among others, Jenny Romaine, Susana Cook, Katy Pyle, and Coral Short. Notable stages: Dixon Place, LaMama, WoW Theater, the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics’ Encuentro in Sao Paulo, HEY QUEEN!. Company member: Butch Burlesque, Katy Pyle’s Ballez, Aftselokhis Spectacle Committee. Ariel is one of the Squirts in Dan Fishback’s Squirts: New Voices in Queer Performance at La Mama, January 3-12.