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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Queen canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Merv Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
LGBT community in the United States
ⓘ
drag balls ⓘ drag beauty pageant ⓘ drag culture ⓘ |
| director | Frank Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Continental Distributing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Carl Lerner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Crystal LaBeija
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flawless Sabrina NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Si Litvinoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1968-06-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| restorationPremieredAt | Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restored | yes ⓘ |
| runningTime | 68 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frank Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| stars | Flawless Sabrina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | national drag beauty pageant ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1960s ⓘ |
| title | The Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.