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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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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