Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Classic drag documentaries and their impact on the gay rights movement
Pride month wraps ends this weekend is the end of Pride Month.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPride month wraps ends this weekend is the end of Pride Month. We look back at classic drag documentaries: "The Queen," about a 1960s drag queen beauty pageant and was the first inside look into the world of drag; "Queens at Heart," a short documentary on drag queens; "Paris is Burning," about drag queens in New York City.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir
Associate producer
Dave White
film critic and co-host of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife
Alonso Duralde
film critic; co-host, "Linoleum Knife" movie podcast; author, “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” (Second Edition) and "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film"
The full episode
3 of 4LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey on her reelection bid- 0:00LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey on her potential challenger, death penalty, and pot
- 13:53The push for progressive district attorneys across the US
- 22:30Classic drag documentaries and their impact on the gay rights movementYou’re reading this
- 29:29Does 'Yesterday' do a good job of paying tribute to the Beatles?