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Being BeBe / 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 ; producers Marc Smolowitz, Jonathan Goodman Levitt.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Benet, BeBe Zahara.
- Drag queens--United States--Biography.
- Drag queens.
- Immigrants--Cameroon--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Gay people--Cameroon--Social conditions.
- Gay people.
- Homophobia--Cameroon.
- Homophobia.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (93 min.)) : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Being BeBe : the BeBe Zahara Benet documentary
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, California] : Good Docs, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles; closed captioning available.
- Summary:
- BEING BEBE is the story of Marshall Ngwa, a Cameroonian artist whose identity hinges on the complicated success of his drag persona, BeBe Zahara Benet. Grounded by Marshall’s own present-day narration, the film features 15 years of vérité, interviews, and performances. Viewers follow Marshall’s remarkable immigrant journey from the earliest days of his amateur drag performance career in Minneapolis, circa 2006, to becoming the first winner of the now-iconic reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2009. As Marshall fights to maintain the trajectory of his career despite a series of difficult setbacks, the film reveals what it means to celebrate and advance Queer Black Excellence during the 2020s. Alongside Marshall's story, viewers are introduced to LGBTQ+ youth and activists in Cameroon, where Queer identity is criminalized.
- Participant:
- Featuring: Marshall Kudi Ngwa (aka BeBe Zahara Benet).
- Credits:
- Original score by Hélène Faussart ; editor, James Codoyannis ; directors of photography, Sinisa Kukic, Jeremy Wilker, Emily Branham.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 15, 2022).
- Publisher Number:
- gd-bebe Docuseek2
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