One Night At Babes

When the ageing, conservative townsfolk of Bethel, Vermont, and the young queer newcomers begin sharing the same watering hole, a delicate allegiance flourishes.

Two worlds collide gloriously in Angelo Madsen Minax’s collective portrait of a small-town dive bar in rural Vermont. When the dilapidated local bar ‘Babes’ is taken over by queer out-of-towners, there is nervousness among the regulars. But as cribbage tournaments overlap with afternoons of karaoke and lead into wild, sweaty nights of dancing, we are witness to a joyfully unexpected vision of community-building.

This film will screen as part of the programme Shorts: Staying with the Trouble.