FROG CATCHER
USA 2020
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: English)
Director: Reina Higahsitani
Section: Program 9
This film tells the story of Jeanne Bonnet, a queer frog catcher, who lived in an era when a law in San Francisco prohibited women from wearing pants. Jeanne, who was born a woman and is derisively referred to by others as a “man-woman”, is attracted to the wife of a rich businessman. The initial advances are brief; when the woman becomes pregnant by her husband, she rejects Jeanne. This story is based on the last days of Jeanne Bonnet, who was shot by an unknown man in 1876.
- Filmschool: University of California
- Duration: 19 Min.
BERZAH
GONE HOME
HIDE 'N' SEEK
NEITHER FORGET NOR FORGIVE
Cast: Rain Dove Dubilewski, Marina Wolf, Charles Fathy, Jilon Vanover
Credits
Screenplay: Reina Higashitani
Director of Photography: Hatti Beanland
Film Editor: Christine Park, Reina Higashitani
Composer: Jamie Thierman
Production Designer: Hakan Yörük
Costume Design: Maddison Carroll
Make-up artist: Sioux Sinclair
Producer: Sherial Mckinney, Shelby Silverman, Reina Higashitani
Production Company: University of California, L.A.
Director: Reina Higahsitani
biography
Reina Higashitani grew up in Japan and Spain and is now a filmmaker living in Los Angeles and New York. Before focusing on feature films, she produced a variety of TV documentaries, including the feature-length documentary KUSAMA: INFINITY, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Oscar-nominated short documentary REDEMPTION. Higahsitani holds a master’s degree in film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a master’s degree in film and television directing from the University of California, Los Angeles.
