Spotlighting the art of drag, and centered on the New York staple Wigstock, this documentary showcases the personalities and performances that inform the ways we understand queerness, art and identity today.
Acting
Joey Arias commanding every frame.
Production
Archival footage that resurrects '80s East Village.
Direction
Moukarbel balances celebration with elegy.
Director
Chris Moukarbel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wigstock 2018 was the first in 17 years, held on the Hudson River pier where the original 1984 festival began after Lady Bunny and friends got drunk at the nearby piers.
The film captures drag right before 'Drag Race' fully commodified it—performers here still reference 'underground' as a point of pride, not irony.
US
