Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (Rarely Screened 1964 Film)

Hag in a Black Leather Jacket is the first film ever directed by John Waters, also known for directing the movies Pink Flamingos and'' Hairspray. ''Early films by Waters are noted for being transgressive and shocking, earning Waters the title of "The Pope of Trash." Hag in a Black Leather Jacket had a budget of 30 dollars and runs 17 minutes. It was shot on 8mm film. The plot revolves around a black man and a white woman marrying on a rooftop. The man carries his bride around in a trash can, and the two are wed by a Ku Klux Klansman. The only known actors in the film are John Waters, Mona Montgomery as the bride, and Mary Vivian Pierce as the Bodie Green Dancer. The movie was filmed on the roof of John Waters' childhood home and his mother played piano accompaniment for the movie.

Hag made its original screening in 1964, in a "beatnik coffee house," according to Waters. The film was later screened again as a part of John Waters' traveling photography show, John Waters: Change of Life. It has never been released in any format aside from these two screenings.