Hag in a Black Leather Jacket

Hag in a Black Leather Jacket
Directed by	John Waters
Produced by	John Waters
Written by	John Waters
Starring	Mona Montgomery Mary Vivian Pearce John Waters
Music by	John Waters
Cinematography	John Waters
Edited by	John Waters
Distributed by	Dreamland
Release dates	1964
Running time	17 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30

Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964) is a John Waters short film made in Baltimore, Maryland, starring Mona Montgomery and Mary Vivian Pearce.

Plot

A black man and a white girl (Mona Montgomery) are wed on a rooftop. He courts her by carrying her around in a trash can and chooses a Ku Klux Klansman to perform the wedding. The wedding guests are played by people dressed in early pop-influenced costumes such as American flags and tinfoil. Mary Vivian Pearce does a dance known as the Bodie Green.

Cast

• Mona Montgomery as Ballerina/White Girl Bride
• Mary Vivian Pearce as Bodie Green Dancer
• John Waters

Production and availability

• It was a "no budget film" that cost $30 to make and runs 17 minutes.
• In 2004-05, it was seen as part of Waters' traveling photography exhibit, John Waters: Change of Life.
• In September 2014, it was shown, along with his other short films, as part of the "Fifty Years of John Waters" retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.

External links

• Hag in a Black Leather Jacket at the Internet Movie Database