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How the Small Town of New Hope, PA Transformed Five LGBTQ+ Filmmakers
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...
Going Behind the Scenes With LGBTQ+ Filmmakers Uncovering Queer Stories in New Hope, Pennsylvania
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...
Temple University 30 Under 30: Hansen Bursic
TEMPLE.EDU: They are bold, driven and innovative. Since graduation, these young alumni have turned their passions into professional success and have remained mindful of helping others and creating community along the way. See what our outstanding 30 Under 30 champions...
Announcing The 2023 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellows
ROCKWOODLEADERSHIP.ORG: Rockwood is proud to announce the 2023 cohort of the Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellowship, including Hansen Bursic. This Fellowship brings together 12 leaders working at the intersection of storytelling, film, and social change to...
DOK Industry Podcast: Missionwashing Docs
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 NOW
Film Premiering in Pittsburgh Tells the Untold Story of Pennsylvania Transgender Woman
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...
Halloween 1987 diverts from “classic coming-out narrative” at ReelQ Film Festival
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...
Documentary Workers Unite Against the Odds
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,...
Pennsylvania candidate seeking to be first openly trans county executive in U.S. history
METRO WEEKLY: In the campaign video, created by award-winning queer filmmaker Hansen Bursic, Titus talks about attempting suicide twice before the age of 16, and how they eventually overcame various hardships and odds to create a better life for themself, and —...