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The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
Directed by John Carlos Frey
Overview
A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing. The event, which started as a spur-of-the-moment spoof of Miss America thrown by a few twenty-something friends in a tiny West Hollywood apartment in 1990, grew to become L.A.’s longest-running drag benefit, including appearances by A-list actors, playing before thousands of people and grossing over $6 million to help those living with HIV/AIDS. With humor and heart, director John Carlos Frey takes us through an emotional journey of queer life and activism from the 90s to today.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Patrick Rush | Jeffrey Drew | John Paschal | Jack Lorenz | Christina Applegate | Nell Carter | Jennifer Coolidge | Jon Cryer | Anna Faris | Kathy Griffin | Melanie Griffith | Kristen Johnston | Dot-Marie Jones | Kathy Kinney | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Jane Lynch | Chris Pratt | Charlie Sheen | Martin Sheen | Holland Taylor | Vanessa Williams