| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (66 minutes) : .flv file, sound, color |
| 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*** |
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Title from title frames |
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Film |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1968 |
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This version produced and distributed by Kino Lorber |
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Program content: ©1968 |
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Full sceren |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Frank Simon, Ken van Sickle, Robert Elfstrom ; editors, Fred Shore, Geraldine Fabrikant |
| Performer |
Narrator, Jack Doroshow ; featuring Jack Doroshow, Crystal Labeija, Rachel Harlow, Andy Warhol, Flawless Sabrina [that is, Jack Doroshow] |
| Notes |
In English |
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Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH) |
| Subject |
Drag queens -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Drag shows -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Cross-dressers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Beauty contests -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Gender identity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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History, Modern.
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History.
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Homosexuality.
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Performing arts.
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History
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Homosexuality
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history (discipline)
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homosexuality.
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performing arts (discipline)
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Gender identity
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Drag shows
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Drag queens
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Cross-dressers
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Beauty contests
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LGBTQ+ people
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Drag performers
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Crossdressing
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United States
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documentary film.
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Nonfiction films
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History
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Feature films
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Simon, Frank, 1931 or 1932- film director.
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Litvinoff, Si, film producer.
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Herbert, Don, film producer
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Doroshow, Jack, narrator, on-screen participant.
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LaBeija, Crystal, on-screen participant
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Harlow, Rachel, on-screen participant
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Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987, on-screen participant.
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Evergreen Films, production company.
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Grove Press, presenter.
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Si Litvinoff-Vineyard Films (Firm), production company.
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MDH Enterprises, production company.
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Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), publisher.
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