Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Film programme Queer Power would not be complete without this film. John Cameron Mitchell’s portrait of a trans woman from East Germany finding rebellious happiness in the US became a riveting post-punk rock musical. Hedwig, a trans woman from Eastern Germany, decides to undergo surgery so she can emigrate to the US as the wife of an American GI. Although the operation is not a hundred percent successful (an “angry inch” of manhood remains), Hedwig keeps the faith. Once in America, she starts celebrating her new life as the lead singer of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. John Cameron Mitchell's post-punk neo-glam rock musical became an absolute favourite with festival crowds and was laden with prizes. In 2010, Mit