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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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

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Mario Montez appearedIn The Queen
Sylvia Syms notableWork The Queen
George Faber notableWork The Queen