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Wig (2019)
Description
Wigstock was an annual drag festival which glamorously signaled the end of summer for the gay community in New York City for almost 20 years. Late one night in 1984, Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in the East Village to Tompkins Square Park and staged an impromptu drag show in the bandshell. This would soon become an annual drag bacchanal that lasted up until 2001. And now, Lady Bunny has brought it back. This past summer, the festival returned, bringing together legendary queens with some of the new children of drag, into one of the largest drag performances ever staged. Wig explores the origins and the influence of the historic festival through rich archival footage, as well as provides a look into the contemporary drag movement that the festival served as a foundation for. Wig is a celebration of New York drag culture, and those personalities and performances that contribute to the ways we understand queerness, art, and identity today.
Wigstock was an annual drag festival which glamorously signaled the end of summer for the gay community in New York City for almost 20 years. Late one night in 1984, Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in the East Village to Tompkins Square Park and staged an impromptu drag show in the bandshell. This would soon become an annual drag bacchanal that lasted up until 2001. And now, Lady Bunny has brought it back. This past summer, the festival returned, bringing together legendary queens with some of the new children of drag, into one of the largest drag performances ever staged. Wig explores the origins and the influence of the historic festival through rich archival footage, as well as provides a look into the contemporary drag movement that the festival served as a foundation for. Wig is a celebration of New York drag culture, and those personalities and performances that contribute to the ways we understand queerness, art, and identity today.
Actors:
Leigh Bowery,
Roy Haylock,
Matthew Camp,
John Epperson,
Tabboo!,
The Lady Bunny,
Fenton Bailey,
Justin Andrew Honard,
Kevin Flotilla DeBarge Joseph,
Kent Fuher,
Sherry Vine,
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Leigh Bowery
March 26, 1961 in Sunshine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roy Haylock
27 June 1975, Louisiana, USA
Matthew Camp
John Epperson
1955, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA
Tabboo!
The Lady Bunny
14 August 1962, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Fenton Bailey
Justin Andrew Honard
Kevin Flotilla DeBarge Joseph
Kent Fuher
Sherry Vine
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Chris Moukarbel
Country:
United States
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