KOOP Nightbeat Film Series: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Description

The KOOP Radio: Nightbeat Film Series returns to the Eastside Cinema on Thursday, September 26 in partnership with the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce Arts Committee with a special screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).

The Nightbeat Film Series is curated by the programmers and members of the primarily volunteer-run community radio station. Each selected film reflects the format of the programmer’s show on KOOP Radio and the artists they play and is inclusive of the station’s mission to serve Austin’s diverse community.

Each event features a live pre-screening DJ set at 6-6:45pm, film at 7pm.

Tickets available online.

Synopsis

A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

Directed by John Cameron Mitchell