But I’m a Cheerleader Film Screening - Summer of Camp
Thu, Jul 10
|Kalamazoo
See But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) on the big screen! Part of our Summer of Camp series. Come early for the pre-show and summer camp activities, stay for the film. Discussion to follow!
Time & Location
Jul 10, 2025, 9:00 PM – Jul 11, 2025, 10:30 PM
Kalamazoo, 1030 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA
About The Event
To kick off our new season (and our Summer of Camp series), you can’t beat this certified LGBTQIA+ cult classic! Director Jamie Babbit said that she set out to make “a gay Clueless,” and what she delivered is a campy satire, a sweet romantic comedy, and a sharp dismantling of gender stereotypes and the obscene practice of conversion therapy.
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is an all-American girl who daydreams about her fellow cheerleaders while kissing her football player boyfriend. She is left bewildered when her conservative parents send her to a conversion therapy camp called True Directions, staffed by “formerly gay” camp counselors Mike (RuPaul) and Mary (Cathy Moriarty). Surrounded by other queer kids for the first time, including the rebellious but intriguing Graham (Clea Duvall), Megan learns who she is and what it means to be a lesbian… even if it isn’t what her parents and True Directions had in…
Tickets
General Admission
$+Ticket service fee
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