Pageant (2008)

Directed by

Ron Davis

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows contestants at the 34th Miss Gay America contest. It shows their lives behind the scenes, their performances on stage, and their personal stories about wanting to be seen and celebrated.

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What happens

Pageant is a 2008 documentary film directed and produced together by Ron Davis and Stewart Halpern. The film explored the behind-the-scenes dramas and realities of the 34th Miss Gay America Contest held in 2004. The film's central theme was the universal desire to be beautiful, noticed and chosen. The film garnered 10 film festival awards before airing on the Sundance Channel in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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