Broadway I [Films in Progress]

Broadway I–II are exploratory documentations of street performances in 1970s new York. As indicated by the title, Lassnig filmed drag performers and a street theater troupe on Broadway, one of Manhattan’s major thoroughfares. The films revel in the stylistic experimentation of the street performers, and the playful approach to costume and identity that characterized the city’s vibrant queer communities. Inspired by the economy and ingenuity she witnessed in such street performances, Lassnig
uses these films as an occasion to challenge and push her own experiments with the technical capabilities of her camera. (Jocelyn Miller)

Rough cut by Maria Lassnig. Color correction and final cut completed posthumously in accordance with Lassnig’s original editing concept by Mara Mattuschka and Hans Werner Poschauko.

Digitization by the Austrian Film Museum. This film was preserved and restored by the Maria Lassnig Foundation in collaboration with the Austrian Film Museum.