The Queen

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The Queen is a 1968 American documentary-style film that offers an inside look at a national drag beauty pageant and early drag ball culture in New York City.

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The Queen canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
cinematographyBy Merv Bloch
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts LGBT community in the United States
drag balls
drag beauty pageant
drag culture
director Frank Simon
distributor Continental Distributing
editedBy Carl Lerner
featuresCharacter Crystal LaBeija
Flawless Sabrina
Harlow
filmingLocation New York City
genre LGBT documentary
documentary
drag culture film
hasFilmFormat 35 mm
hasHistoricalContext pre-Stonewall LGBT life in New York City
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
hasReputation cult classic
important document of early drag ball culture
hasTheme community and chosen family
gender performance
pageant competition
queer identity
notableScene Crystal LaBeija’s onstage speech criticizing pageant judging
originalLanguage English
portrays pre-Stonewall drag scene
producer Seymour Wishman
Si Litvinoff
releaseDate 1968-06-13
releaseYear 1968
restorationPremieredAt Berlin International Film Festival
restored yes
runningTime 68 minutes
screenwriter Frank Simon
setting New York City
stars Flawless Sabrina
subjectOf national drag beauty pageant
timePeriodDepicted 1960s
title The Queen

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Mario Montez appearedIn The Queen
Sylvia Syms notableWork The Queen
George Faber notableWork The Queen
Mario Montez notableWork The Queen
subject linked to: René Rivera