"Free Beer Tomorrow" Film Screening and Q&A with Directors

Please join us for a screening of "Free Beer Tomorrow", followed by a discussion with filmmakers LuSter P. Singleton and Julia M. Applegate.

This screening is a part of The Philly Cinematheque, a new initiative housed in the Annenberg School for Communication. It brings a community-focused approach to an eclectic program of global film and television screenings. In doing so, it functions as both an informal gathering place and an intentional intervention to further embed cinema—as a modality, a space, and a method—in communications scholarship.

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About the Film

Free Beer Tomorrow is a documentary film project that tells the story of Jack's/Summit Station, Ohio's longest running lesbian bar. With interviews from Peter Brown — a classically trained musician turned bar owner — to pioneering LGBTQ+ lawyer and legal scholar, Rhonda R. Rivera, and former patrons running the gamut of tap dancers, professional women's football players, feminist activists, bartenders and drag kings, the film explores lesbian culture in an era where bars were one of the few safe-havens from an oppressive and homophobic world.

About the Directors

Julia/Julie M. Applegate is a 50+ activist, athlete, dyke, genderqueer, lesbian, parent, storyteller, partner, drag king, scooter enthusiast, swimmer, feminist historian, and aspiring filmmaker. She is a former patron of Jack's/Summit Station who has been dedicating the next two years of her life to preserving the history and culture of Ohio's longest running lesbian bar, which is a vital part of our lesbian bar history. 

Some of Julia’s other professional endeavors include: Masculine Drag Performer/Producer, Film Director and Producer, Masculine Drag Historian. She holds a Master of Arts in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and a Masters of Public Health, both from The Ohio State University. She also earned a BA in Political Science with minors in History and German from Ohio University. Julia was a founding member of H.I.S. Kings (1996) and the International Drag King Community Extravaganza (1999). Over the past 22 years, she has been an HIV and LGBTQ+ health advocate, researcher, and administrator, actively contributing to the queer community. Presently, in addition to working on the film, Julia is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University.

Ohio Affrilachian, LuSter P. Singleton, has a 40-year reputation as an internationally renowned gender performer, events producer, national award-winning keynote speaker, storyteller, community activist, and archivist. In the performance world, they are best known for their gender-bending portrayals as show host extraordinaries, Luster Dela V. and the titillating Lustivious Dela Virgion (Vir-g-own). He is the co-founder and visionary of the nationally and internationally acclaimed drag king troupe, H.I.S. KINGS, and IDKE (The International Drag King Extravaganza.)

Currently, LuSter is on the film festival circuit with Free Beer Tomorrow, a documentary about Ohio’s longest-running lesbian-owned andcentered bar,  Jack’s/Summit Station. LuSter has also ventured into children’s literature with Prince Kevil, Soon to Be King (as he liked to be called) — the first book in a forthcoming series which follows young Black Prince Kevil and his clever cat, Maya, as they embark on magical adventures in their kingdom, SoKind. LuSter is a great granddaughter of Florence E. Farris Adams, parent to Karl, Eden and B. Maverick and a child of God. He thanks them for his drive/blessings, everyday. AwwWW! Suki!! SUKI!!!