Being BeBe the BeBe Zahara Benet documentary Work and Serve Productions presents ; in association with OUTtv, Changeworx, Adventure Pants, 13th Gen ; a film by Emily Branham ; directed, produced and edited by Emily Branham

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Branham, Emily, film director, film producer, editor of moving image work, director of photography.

Faussart, Hélène, composer (expression).

Codoyannis, James, editor of moving image work.

Smolowitz, Marc, film producer.

Levitt, Jonathan Goodman, film producer.

Kukić, Siniša, director of photography.

Wilker, Jeremy, director of photography.

Work and Serve Productions, presenter.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

OutTV (Firm), presenter.

Changeworx (Firm), presenter.

Adventure Pants, presenter.

13th Gen, presenter.

Good Docs (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Benet, BeBe Zahara.

Drag queens--United States--Biography.

Drag queens.

Immigrants--Cameroon--Biography.

Immigrants.

Drag performance--United States.

Drag performance.

Characters and characteristics in the performing arts.

Drag shows--United States.

Drag shows.

Performing arts--Psychological aspects.

Performing arts.

Sexual minorities--Identity.

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minority immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Sexual minority immigrants.

Success--Psychological aspects.

Success.

Drag queens--Family relationships.

Gay people--Cameroon--Social conditions.

Gay people.

Homophobia--Cameroon.

Homophobia.

Cameroon.

United States.

LGBTQ+ families.

Sexual identity.

LGBTQ+ immigrants.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

documentary film.

Biographical films.

Documentary films

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Documentary films.

LGBTQ+ biographies

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (93 min. ; 56 min.) sound, color 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Educational edition

Place of Publication:

[United States?] Good Docs [2021]

Language Note:

Closed captioned in English. Dialogue chiefly in English with some French with English sub-titles

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.

Summary:

"Marshall Ngwa (a.k.a. renowned drag performer BeBe Zahara Benet) came to the United States from homophobic Cameroon with dreams of a better life, and became the first winner of the now-iconic reality show 'RuPaul's Drag Race'. 'Being BeBe' follows Marshall's remarkable immigrant journey from the earliest days of his amateur drag performance career in Minneapolis, to his emergence as one of the leading artists in the movement to celebrate and advance Queer Black Excellence. With 15 years of intimate access to Marshall's story, the film presents his unique love affair with performance and culture alongside his unstoppable sense of persistence and purpose, offering and unprecedented portrait of an artist who chooses to live a creative life against all odds."--taken from container

Participant:

Featuring: Marshall Kudi Ngwa (aka BeBe Zahara Benet)

Credits:

Original score by Hélène Faussart ; editor, James Codoyannis ; producers, Marc Smolowitz, Jonathan Goodman Levitt ; directors of photography, Sinisa Kukic, Jeremy Wilker, Emily Branham

Notes:

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives

Includes two versions: 93 minute feature and 56 minute version

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Being BeBe.

OCLC:

1330846445