Tag: drag
Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews LAST DANCE : the story of the iconic drag queen Lady Vinsantos
THE ART OF DRAG, AN Education FOR LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN Vinsantos Defonte and Gregory Gajus star in this documentary that introduces the viewer into the mind of Vinsantos and his New Orleans Drag Workshop, an institution devoted to freedom of expression that provides a career to its graduates and is based…
Mackenzie Miller: fulfilling their Dream
Nine years ago Mackenzie Miller left BIG-CITY living to move to Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod an idyllic gay mecca that is overflowing in the summer and then dwindles down to just a few thousand in winter when the weather can be unforgiving. However, this rather magical town has a long…
Remembering Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket two extraordinary Edwardian ‘drag’ artists
The quintessential British Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were an extraordinary musical duo that stole so many hearts as outrageous Edwardian ‘drag’ artists. Their heartwarming rags to riches story may seem like a gay fairy story now, but for those of us in the Uk during that period, every line is very…
Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews QUEENS OF THE REVOLUTION the story of a Cuban LGBTQ center that made such a difference
Queens of the Revolution is the filmmaker Rebecca Heidenberg‘s first feature film. It begins with the ritual of Ms. Cinthya dressing up for her performance at El Mejunje, a cultural center in Santa Clara, the capital of the Central Cuban province of Villa Clara. The city of Santa Clara, also known as Liberal City,…
Inside the UK’s Rapidly Changing Drag Culture | Documentary
This well-meaning documentary from Netflix takes a look at how the UK’s rapidly changing drag scene is surviving the Covid lockdowns. However, somewhere along it mixes its message so much and it eventually trails off into confusion. The film starts out acknowledging the hardworking local drag queens who have always been the mainstay of…
