Houston Fringe Festival and Houston Cinema Arts Society
The 2023 Houston Fringe Festival and Houston Cinema Arts Society are proud to co-present a benefit screening of Jonathan Caouette's seminal film, Tarnation .
Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip, Tarnation is a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, old answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of ‘80s pop culture, and dramatic reenactments that create an epic portrait of an American family travesty. The story begins in 2003 when Jonathan learns that his schizophrenic mother, Reneee, has overdosed on her lithium medication. He is catapulted back into his real and horrifying family legacy of rape, abandonment, promiscuity, drug addition, child abuse, and psychosis. As he grows up on camera, he finds the escapist balm of queer music theater and B horror flicks and reconnects to life through a queer chosen family. Then a look into the future shows Jonathan as he confronts the symbiotic and almost unbearable love he shares with his beautiful and tragically damaged mother.Read more
Presented by the Houston Fringe Festival & Houston Cinema Arts Society
TICKET INFORMATION
- Seating is general admission.
- $15 in advance
- $20 at the door
- Each ticket is subject to a $3 fee at check out.
- Wheelchair accessible seating is available.
- All sales are final. There are no cancellation or refunds.
- We do not accept AMERICAN EXPRESS.
- To reach the box office, call (713) 521-4533 or email boxoffice@matchouston.org.
EVENT INFORMATION
- Lobby and seating open 30 minutes prior to curtain time.
- The estimated run time is 90 minutes with no intermission followed by a Talkback.
- Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management.
- This event is suitable for all ages
- No outside food or drinks are allowed on the premises.