Hunky Jesus celebrates Easter in San Francisco

“Hunky Jesus” is the name of an event and a documentary about an Easter celebration that’s been taking place in San Francisco since 1995. The film looks at the legacy of the event’s founders, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a global, secular order of queer and trans “nuns” who combat guilt, shame, and exclusion through joy, humor, activism, and irreverence. It’ll be playing at this year’s Virginia Queer Film Festival (Oct 2 – 4 at the University Theatre on the campus of ODU). Director Jennifer Kroop and I had a lively conversion (as you might imagine), including:

– The inspiration for the opening animation

– Her other docs on “gay geezers” like Armistead Maupin and George Takei

– A background on the Sisters

– Since they’ve been around since the 70s, why a doc now?

– There’s not much about the Sisters’ personal lives

– Shooting the big event and in churches

– When and why Foxy Mary was added

– Using “Do Lord” and “The Vatican Rag”

LINKS

Virginia Queer Film Festival

Hunky Jesus doc website