Project Detail

Dressed As A Girl

Name: Dressed As A Girl
Director: Colin Rothbart
Genre: LGBTQIA+
Released: 2015
Duration: 94 mins

Synopsis

Filmmaker Colin Rothbart pulls off the wigs, wipes off the mascara to unveil the real people behind the much hyped and talked about East London's alternative drag scene. Overeating, gender dysphoria, egos, excess. Following in the tradition of Paris Is Burning and The Cockettes, and DRESSED AS A GIRL is so much more than show-stopping performances. Filmed over five years, the film covers not only the rise and fall of this hugely popular gay club scene but also offers some personal, emotionally honest portraits of six individuals at the heart it. Fundamentally it's about the nature of friendship, life and even survival against the odds, universal themes that everyone can relate to.

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 94 mins
Director: Colin Rothbart
Producer: Chris Amos
Executive Producer: Fenton Bailey, Christopher Hird
Screenwriter: Colin Rothbart
Principal cast: Scottee, Holestar, Jonny Woo, Pia Arber, Amber Waze, John Sizzle

Genre

LGBTQIA+

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Blue Oyster Pictures

6 Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3RB

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