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Queer Bath: Morocco (1930) + Panel Discussion: Marlene Dietrich, Gender and Defiance

20 June 2026 at 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm

• Book online, tickets £11-13
• Suitable for adults
• Wheelchair accessible

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Queer Bath: Morocco (1930) + Panel Discussion: Marlene Dietrich, Gender and Defiance

Part of Queer Bath 2026
Presented by FilmBath

Join us for a special screening of Morocco (1930) and a post-film discussion exploring Marlene Dietrich’s boundary-breaking legacy as one of cinema’s great queer icons.

Dietrich once said, “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” It is a line that captures the heart of her power. Dietrich understood the image as something she could construct, weaponise and liberate herself through. Nowhere is that clearer than in Morocco, where she appears in a tuxedo, kisses a woman on screen and reshapes ideas of glamour, desire and gender expression.

After the screening, Bath Film Festival Director Jasmine Barker chairs a conversation with an exceptional panel:

• Caroline Cassin, BFI Programme Assistant, archive cinema specialist and curator of Women and Cocaine series.
• Eleanor Medhurst, fashion historian and author of Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion.

Together they will discuss how Dietrich used clothing, image and performance to defy convention and why her legacy continues to influence drag, fashion and queer visibility today.

Whether you love classic film, queer history or the artistry of self-presentation, this event offers a powerful journey into the world of one of cinema’s most influential rebels.

A celebration of film, fashion and queer defiance.