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The Queen.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Modern.
- LGBTQ.
- History.
- Homosexuality.
- Performing arts.
- Documentary films.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (66 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- Kino Lorber, 1968.
- [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- More than 40 years before *RuPaul's Drag Race*, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes us backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas in the lead-up to the big event. Organized by LGBTQ icon and activist Flawless Sabrina, the competition boasted a star-studded panel of judges including Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, and Terry Southern...But perhaps most memorable is an epic diatribe calling out the pageant's bias delivered by Crystal LaBeija, who would go on to form the influential House of LaBeija, heavily featured in *Paris Is Burning* (1990). A vibrant piece of queer history, THE QUEEN can now be seen in full resplendence thanks to a new restoration from the original camera negative. *"[A] fantastic time capsule from 1968...This documentary is a fascinating piece of history, captured in a style that is very much of-and ahead of-its time." - Gary M. Kramer, **San Francisco Bay Times***
- Participant:
- Andy Warhol, Crystal LaBeija, Flawless Sabrina
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Film
- In Process Record.
- Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1968.
- OCLC:
- 1128177274
- Publisher Number:
- 6948794 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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