"Every American Flag is a Warning Sign." -- Demian DinéYazhi'

In his 1969 film, Song for Rent, Jack Smith starred as "Rose Courtyard," a drag character based on Rose Kennedy. "God Bless America" looped in the background as a pile of red objects dropped from Rose's lap. In this adaptation, "Barbarella Bush" joins Rose in a campy denunciation of US nationalism.

Open captions and audio description make Song for Rent, After Jack Smith accessible to a wider audience, while also playing a critical role in the film's structure.

Production Credits:
image / sound / edit: Malic Amalya
assistant director: Nathan Hill
audio description narrator: Arthur Johnson Weiss
Jack Smith / Rose Courtyard: Jade Theriault
Barbarella Bush: Rae Raucci

Selected Screenings:
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 2024
Slanted Lens, The Roxie, San Francisco, CA, 2024
Back to the Future, Filmwerkplaats Collective Film Lab, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023
Collectif Jeune Cinema, L'Etna, Paris, France, 2020
Light Field Film Festivall, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Superfest International Disability Film Festival, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA, 2019
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, The Roxie, San Francisco, CA, 2018