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Divine Trash (1998)

Divine Trash poster
Directed by
Steve Yeager
Genre
documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the life of filmmaker John Waters and how his movie Pink Flamingos got made. It focuses on the people and chaos behind that film.

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What happens

Divine Trash is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Steve Yeager about the life and work of filmmaker John Waters, and the making of the 1972 film Pink Flamingos, which is written and directed by Waters and stars Divine. Divine Trash premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, where it won Yeager the Filmmakers Trophy for Best Documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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