Jan Oxenberg’s charmingly raw, politically-charged and remarkably funny celebration of the American lesbian experience validates the nuanced voice of a community otherwise underrepresented in the Wild West of mid-’70s independent filmmaking. In an attempt to combat the pervasive misconception of the “humorless, angry feminist,” the vignettes in A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts experiment with self-aware yet playful depictions of common stereotypes, such as the “Stompin’ Dyke” or the butch-femme couple. In the process, Oxenberg’s short film reclaims those insults and assumptions as newfound, loaded weapons—to deploy on her own terms, of course. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)
Jan Oxenberg
Director
Jan Oxenberg
Director of Photography
Jan Oxenberg
Writer
Jan Oxenberg
Producer
Evan Paxton
Sue Talbot
Jan Oxenberg
Susan Gluck
Jacci Weller
Joy Franklin
Cheryl Swannack
Ellen Broidy
Alice Bloch
Paul Reubens
