Film/Video

Gregg Araki: Teen Apocalypse Trilogy

A composite image of three stills from the films in Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy.
The queer punk maestro returns with stunning new restorations of his iconic 90s films.
Nov 02, 2023 – Nov 16, 2023

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

ACCESSIBILITY
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Simultaneously ahead of their time and total 1990s time capsules, the films in Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy are odes to rebellion, nihilism, alternative music, and sexual fluidity. Alongside works by Sadie Benning, Todd Haynes, Isaac Julien, Marlon Riggs, and Gus Van Sant, these films helped define the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s and broadened onscreen portrayals of queer youth in new, confrontational, and radical directions. We’re excited to welcome Araki back to the Wexner Center to present glorious new 4K restorations that bring the films back to his original visions, before they were butchered, censored, and desaturated for their theatrical and home video releases.

Special thanks to Strand Releasing and Marcus Hu for these screenings.

IMAGE CAPTION  
The Doom Generation, Nowhere, Totally F***ed Up. Images courtesy of Strand Releasing.

A still from The Doom Generation: a young woman with a black bob, bangs, and red lipstick with a young man with long dark hair behind her.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

The Doom Generation (Gregg Araki, 1995)

Thu, Nov 2, 2023
A woman with a bob and crop top stands with her arm around a woman with a vest and curly hair who is next to a woman wearing a t-shirt with her arms crossed.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Nowhere (Gregg Araki, 1997) Gregg Araki in person  Q&A follows screening

Fri, Nov 3, 2023
A man sits against the corner of a wall with his knees bent by his chest, wearing only suspenders.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Totally F***ed Up (Gregg Araki, 1993)

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts 
Ohio Humanities 

ADDITIONAL SUPPORTED PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation