by Hansen Bursic | Oct 27, 2023 | Press, Trans Heaven, PA
PRIDE.COM: While a lot of these filmmakers learned during the documentary process, for Hansen Bursic, it took completing production for him to look back on how momentous his work had become. His short documentary, Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania, explores the untold story...
by Hansen Bursic | Oct 10, 2023 | Press, Trans Heaven, PA
OUT MAGAZINE: Filmmaker Hansen Bursic came to New Hope hoping to find out more about the history of their iconic gay bar, The Raven. His short documentary, Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania, explores the untold story of legendary weekend-long parties that saw hundreds of...
by Hansen Bursic | Oct 16, 2022 | Press
A conversation on the American Non-Profit Industrial Complex and interrogating how these organizations “mission wash” their role in maintaining a status quo within the documentary ecosystem, harming its labour force.LISTEN...
by Hansen Bursic | Oct 6, 2022 | Halloween 1987, Press
QBURGH MAGAZINE: Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s annual LGBTQ+ film festival and one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, will be hosting the world premiere of Halloween 1987. The film is based on the memoir of Jenny Jae Cory of Towanda, Pennsylvania. READ...
by Hansen Bursic | Oct 5, 2022 | Halloween 1987, Press
PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER: For his new film, Hansen Bursic wants to tell a different kind of coming-out story. Bursic’s short film, Halloween 1987, follows Cory, a teenager who dresses up as their girlfriend, Meg, for a high school Halloween party. As the night comes to...
by Hansen Bursic | May 13, 2022 | Press
HYPERALLERGIC: On March 14, workers at the International Documentary Association (IDA) announced their intent to unionize with the Communications Workers of America Local 9003. Documentary Workers United (DWU) is the first union of its kind in the United States,...