The Queen

The Queen

🎞️ Movie 68 min US
โ˜… 7.2 /10 1968

A vibrant piece of queer history.

Jack is 24, sometimes he's a drag queen named Sabrina. In 1967, as Sabrina, he's the mistress of ceremonies at a national drag queen contest in New York City. The camera goes behind the scenes, recording the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room (about draft boards, sexual identity and sex-change operations, and being a drag queen), and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition. Jack introduces us to Richard, a young man who becomes Jack's protégé. As Miss Harlow, Richard enters the contest. One of his principal competitors is Miss Crystal, who's from Manhattan. Who will win the crown?

Cast

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Jack Doroshow
Self
Self - Narrator
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Jack Doroshow
Self
Sabrina the MC
Jim Dine
Jim Dine
Self
Self - Jury Member
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Rachel Harlow
Self
Self - Harlow
Bruce Jay Friedman
Bruce Jay Friedman
Self
Self - Jury Member
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Jerry Leiber
Self
Self - Jury Member
Mario Montez
Mario Montez
Self
Self
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George Plimpton
Self
Self
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Robert Elfstrom
Cinematographer
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Frank Simon
Cinematographer
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Kenneth Van Sickle
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

The Queen (1968) – Official Re-Release Trailer
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Trailer
The Queen (1968) – Official Re-Release Trailer
Crystal LaBeija's epic read from The Queen (1968) – "I have a RIGHT to show my color, darling!"
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Crystal LaBeija's epic read from The Queen (1968) – "I have a RIGHT to show my color, darling!"