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Peter Hujar's Day

Dir. Ira Sachs
Constellation
Thu 6 Nov - Sun 16 Nov
Thu 6 Nov
-
Sun 16 Nov
  • Thu 6 Nov
    20:45
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Past event
  • Fri 7 Nov
    16:45
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Past event
  • Wed 12 Nov
    20:45
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Past event
  • Sun 16 Nov
    10:30
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 7
    Past event

Ben Whishaw delivers a standout performance in Ira Sachs’s intimate day-in-the-life portrait of 70s photographer Peter Hujar.

Based on a 1974 conversation with writer Linda Rosenkrantz, he recounts what appears to him as a day of unremarkable interactions with Sontag, Burroughs and Ginsberg, while Linda listens with quiet curiosity and admiration. Minimal in action yet rich in human detail, Peter Hujar’s Day captures the spontaneity and intimacy of an underappreciated New York icon.

"Led by a performance of transfixing grace and subtlety from Ben Whishaw in the title role, the diaristic film spins compacted time into something free-flowing, expansive, illuminating and emotionally resonant, all of it achieved with elegant restraint." — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Peter Hujar's Day

Director Ira Sachs
Running time 76 mins
Production year 2025
Country USA, UK, Germany, Spain
Language English
Courtesy of Picturehouse
Premiere Status Northern Premiere

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