Freaks
Film Screening

Part of Soft Focus's Complicated Queer Canon series, this free screening presents Freaks, a subversive pre-Code horror classic that turns the circus sideshow into a world of outsiders, chosen family and hidden tenderness. Its radical empathy for bodies and identities deemed “other” sits alongside questions about exploitation, spectacle and solidarity. Doors open at 5:30pm and the film starts at 6:00pm at Cheer Up Charlies.