Creede U.S.A.

In 1966 the small mining town of Creede, Colorado, built a theater to boost their flagging economy. While the theater lifted the town’s bottom line, it also revealed tensions between the local residents and the new ideas and perspectives that came with the theater company, many of whom were queer and/or people of color. In CREEDE U.S.A., director Kahane Corn Cooperman uncovers a fascinating, and perhaps unlikely, microcosm of America’s national divisions as neighbors struggle to live side-by-side in this isolated community with differing opinions and values. Includes footage and interviews with original company member Mandy Patinkin.