Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Apocalypse

On Friday, June 24 at 8pm, Queer|Art teams up with e-flux Screenig Room to present the 1999 queer cult favorite Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Apocalypse. The film, directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara and written by Yōji Enokido, is heralded as a lesbian anime classic. Protagonist Utena Tenjou, is a sharp-witted high school tomboy dueling prospective suitors of the Rose Bride. Those who betroth this eclectic new student amass the “power to revolutionize the world.” In the film, bubble-gum kitsch and camp color dark personal traumas. For Utena and the Rose Bride, their illicit love affair is a weapon that threatens patriarchal convention in the wake of gender-based violence. 

After the film, join curators Daniella Brito and Dillon Rose Gardener for a discussion with Ducky Bruce Dean and Henry Rodriguez, who will reflect on the intersections of queerness, camp, and anime.

This program is curated by Daniella Brito and Dillon Rose Gardner.

For more information contact program@e-flux.com.