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Workhorse queen

DVD

2022

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Workhorse queen / Breaking Glass Pictures ; Situated Productions presents ; a film by Angela Washko ; written and directed by Angela Washko.
Publisher, Date:	Philadelphia, PA : Breaking Glass Pictures, [2022]
Description:	1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	By day, Ed Popil worked as a telemarketer in Rochester, New York. By night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis, a 1960s-era housewife and an homage to Ed's mother. After seven years of auditioning to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race, Ed Popil was finally cast and his entertainment industry journey began at age 44. The documentary explores the complexities of reality television's impact on queer performance culture by looking at its impact on local drag communities.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
Subjects:	RuPaul's drag race (Television program : 2009- ) Drag queens -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Biography. Drag queens -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:	Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Biographical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Biographies.
Other Author:	Washko, Angela, screenwriter, film director, director of photography. Popil, Ed, on-screen participant. Levins, Steven, onscreen participant. Smalley, Tom, onscreen participant. Meyer, Greg, onscreen participant. Stiles, Jesse, composer. Sosnowski, Jota, film editor. González-Martínez, Sonia, film editor. Breaking Glass Pictures (Firm), publisher. Situated Productions, production company, presenter.
Notes:	Originally produced as a documentary film in 2021. Wide screen (16:9). Extras: Workhorse Queen trailer; Slamdance, virtual Q & A; ImageOut, virtual Q & A; Festival Mix Milano, virtual Q & A; Breaking Glass trailers. Music, Jesse Stiles ; editors, Jota Sosnowksi and Sonia González-Martínez ; director of photography, Angela Washko. Ed Popil/Mrs. Kasha Davis, Steven Levins, Tom Smalley/Aggy Dune, Greg Meyer/Darienne Lake, with additional featured performers. DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; 5.1 surround. In English; closed-captioned.
ISBN:	9786318781718 : DVD 6318781714 : DVD
Publisher Number:	BGP 909
Other Number:	1314134194
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	976296
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# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD 306.778 Workhors

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