Presented by the Bijou Film Board, as part of Bijou's After Hours series.
FREE for UI students (present student ID at box office) and $8.00 for general public!
"The joyful revelation of what must be the very finest personal and artistic success in the history of gay erotic cinema."—Lee Atwell Guardian
With a special introduction by Dan Erdman historian, archivist, critic, and author of Let's Go Stag!: A History of Pornographic Film from the Invention of Cinema to 1970
50th Anniversary | New DCP Restoration
One of cinema's first coming out stories, this debut feature from pioneering gay filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (Forbidden Letters) tells the story of Robert, a young, closeted gay man who finds love, acceptance, and activism through a Berkley Barb ad. Critically acclaimed upon release and long-unavailable since, Passing Strangers is a romantic portrait of the gay liberation era that still resonates today.
Newly restored by the Bressan Project from its original film elements.
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