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Jun 9, 2021 · This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York. The long-obscure film was rediscovered by LGBTQ h...
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Pre stonewall pseudo-documentary: Queens at Heart (1967) LGBT+ History Month 2022. This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York. The long-obscure film was rediscovered by LGBTQ historian and archivist Jenni Olson in the mid-1990s and restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in ...
Jun 9, 2021 · Queens at Heart. Our guest writer, LGBTQ film historian and archivist Jenni Olson, discusses the significance of Queens at Heart (1967), a rare look at the lives of four trans women and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York.
Jun 9, 2021 · June 9, 2021. “Queens at Heart” is a rare look at the lives of four trans women and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York. Thanks to LGBTQ film historian and archivist Jenni Olson’s discovery of this long-obscure film, which was released in 1967, “Queens at Heart” was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2009 as part of ...
Queens at Heart (1967) "This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York." According to Jenni Olson, the LGBTQ historian and archivist who rediscovered the film in the 1990s, "Misty, Vicky, Sonja and Simone are four courageous trans women who candidly discuss their personal lives with a ...
May 3, 2015 · Queens at Heart offers a rare and poignant glimpse into pre-Stonewall queer life as it takes us to a New York City drag ball and follows the girls through their daily lives. They talk about their double-lives—going out as women at night, but living as men during the day, and about how they take hormones and dream of “going for a change.”
In 2019, the IFC Center in New York City played it alongside a restored version of the 1968 documentary The Queen. [15] The film also appears on the video streaming platform Kanopy within the United States; [5] it was added to its collection in 2016. [16] Queens at Heart is a bonus feature on Kino Lorber's 2020 Blu-ray for The Queen. [17] [18 ...
