Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania

2024 | 12 min | USA

LOGLINE

In the early 2010s, hundreds of Transgender women took over a small American town each year for a legendary weekend-long party – one that changed their lives and the town forever.

PLAN A SCREENING

Upcoming Screenings

1/17/2025 – Opening Night Screening at Big Water Film Festival | 7 pm CST at the Bay Theater, Ashland

1/26/2025 – Screening at the Desperado LGBTQ+ Film Festival | 1:30 pm PST at the Center For The Performing Arts, Phoenix

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Press

Documentary on Lost Pennsylvania Trans History To Premiere at World’s Largest LGBTQ+ Film Festival

QBURGH.COM: Award-winning queer filmmaker Hansen Bursic’s newest documentary film, Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania, will be having its world premiere at Frameline, The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ film festival in the...

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...

CREW

Directed by Hansen Bursic | Starring Jennifer Lydon and Karleigh Webb | Produced by Samantha K. Tan, Hansen Bursic, Nic Cory and Daniel Brooks | Editor Sowjanya Kudva | Animation Director, Animator and Illustrator Pamela M. Chavez | Director of Photography Mad Bishop | Orignial Score by Ariel Loh