Dressed As A Girl (2015)
- Original title
- Dressed as a Girl
- Directed by
- Colin Rothbart
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 2.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows six performers from London's alternative drag scene. It shows their public performances and their personal lives away from the stage.
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What happens
Dressed as a Girl is a documentary film of East London’s alternative drag scene, directed by Colin Rothbart, which focuses on both the public and personal lives of some of the key performers on the alternative drag scene. According to the US/Canadian magazine Vice it has been called a "frockumentary" which, as well as looking at the public face of the drag scene, it tells the personal stories of six of its performers. Although the film documents the highs and lows of their personal lives as well as their 'on-stage' personas, The Guardian notes that "Once the film-maker returns to his subjects off-hours, however, he identifies as much subtle and cherishable variation as there is among birds of paradise." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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