The Origin of Love — CTV Celebrates Pride Month with a screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Before Pose, before Transparent, before the mainstream took notice—there was Hedwig. Join us this June at CTV as we celebrate Pride Month with a special screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), a singular, genre-defying cult classic that blazed a glitter-soaked trail for queer and trans representation in cinema. Bold, brash, and deeply human, Hedwig is a film that refuses to be forgotten—or boxed in. Adapted from the groundbreaking stage musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, Hedwig and the Angry Inch follows the story of a glam-rock singer from East Berlin who survives botched gender reassignment surgery, migrates to America, and embarks on a soul-searching, rock-powered journey of identity, heartbreak, and self-acceptance. With dazzling visuals, an iconic soundtrack, and a performance for the ages by Mitchell himself,…