THE QUEEN (1968)

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Thu, Jan 9, 2020 7:30 PM

Description

Out at the Movies presented with the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The Queen (1968)
Thursday, January 9th at 7:30

$12 Members | $17 Public 
 
Reception will include a spectacular drag show with Special guests
Egyptt LaBeija, Toni Homeperm, Bella Noche, and Lady LaBelle.

Decades before Paris Is Burning and Rupaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant introduced competitive drag to the world, along with LGBT icon and activist Flawless Sabrina. This new 4k restoration of this LGBT cult classic takes us on a deep dive behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room, and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition. (USA, 1968, 68 Mins., NR, English | Dir. Frank Simon)