EXCLUSIVE: A ban on drag performances in public locations has been enacted in Tennessee, and greater than a dozen different states could comply with swimsuit, a motion predicated on the worry that kids who would possibly glimpse such a present can be scarred by it. However an upcoming documentary defies that demonization by portraying drag performers as a power for good of their group.
Emmy-winning media firm World of Surprise (RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Gatekeeper Productions right now introduced they’ve wrapped manufacturing on The Little Pageant That Might, a function documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s Finest in Drag Present to help the Alliance for Housing and Therapeutic.
“The occasion, which began as a spur-of-the-moment spoof of Miss America thrown by a couple of twenty-something buddies in a tiny West Hollywood condo in 1990, grew to grow to be L.A.’s longest-running drag profit together with appearances by A-list actors, taking part in earlier than hundreds of individuals and grossing over $6 million to assist these dwelling with HIV/AIDS,” in response to a launch in regards to the documentary. “Via the many years, the Alliance for Housing and Therapeutic has been in a position to make use of proceeds from the occasions to profit applications together with everlasting backed housing, emergency monetary help for these going through eviction and homelessness with HIV/AIDs.”
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The Little Pageant That Might is government produced by World of Surprise’s Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato and directed by John Carlos Frey, who additionally served because the stage present’s authentic director. “The movie options outrageously humorous, never-before-seen footage spanning the pageant’s 33-year historical past, together with host and decide appearances by actors comparable to Chris Pratt, Jennifer Coolidge, John C. Reilly, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Vanessa Williams, Anna Faris, singer Jennifer Holliday, and designer Bob Mackie.”
“When John Carlos approached us about this movie, we had been so moved by this inspiring story in regards to the energy of drag,” Bailey and Barbato stated. “Folks with AIDS had been deserted by society, politicians, and even their very own households. However a bunch of buddies stepped in and began this little pageant that would. At a time when laws is being handed to limit the artwork kind, this movie bears witness to the ability of drag to make a significant – and desperately wanted – contribution to society.”
“People who select to criminalize this sacred type of queer expression must be the primary to line up and watch The Little Pageant That Might,” Frey stated, “and possibly they might discover that drag saves lives and heals hearts.”
In response to the latest anti-LGBTQ laws proposed in lots of states, “World of Surprise has partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union to create The Drag Protection Fund, an initiative to battle again in opposition to censorship of drag performers and discrimination in opposition to the LGBTQ+ group,” the discharge famous.
No goal launch date for The Little Pageant That Might has been introduced.
