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Title: Filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell discusses 'Shortbus' Friday
Post by: Natasha on April 17, 2008, 11:42:38 PM
Filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell discusses 'Shortbus' Friday

http://www.union.edu/N/DS/edition_display.php?e=1478&s=7801
4/17/2008

"Excerpt: Mitchell is best known for his portrayal of a transsexual
glam rocker in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." He won two Obies for his
off-Broadway performance of an East German victim of a botched sex
change operation. Mitchell adapted the play for the big screen and
premiered the film at the 2001 Sundance Festival, where he won the
Director's Award and Audience Award."