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,...
by Hansen Bursic | Apr 29, 2021 | Press
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 —...
by Hansen Bursic | Sep 8, 2020 | Halloween 1987, Press
TEMPLE NEWS: Hansen Bursic is taking viewers back to the 1980s to tell an important story about the transgender experience. “Halloween 1987” tells the story of Cory, a gender-questioning teenager whose girlfriend, Meg, wants them to wear a couple’s costume to a...
