Workhorse Queen
classified 18 (CTBA)Queer Vision 2022
For 18 years by day Ed Popil worked as a telemarketer in Rochester, New York and by night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis, a 1960's era housewife trying to liberate herself from domestic toil through performing at night in secret - all in homage to Ed's mother.
After seven years of auditioning to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race, Popil was finally cast on the TV show and thrust into a full-time entertainment career at the age of 44.
Workhorse Queen explores the complexities of reality television's impact on queer performance culture by focusing on the growing divide between members of a small town drag community - those who have been on television, and those who have not.
With an introduction from Queer Vision Producer Rebecca Ballard.
Screening with short film Queer is a Tender Feeling (21 mins) by director Erin Green.
Join drag performers Mother, The Earl Grey, BooHoo and YuGiHoe for a post-screening discussion in the Café & Bar.
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- AD
- Audio Description
- BSL
- BSL interpretation
- Baby
- Baby screening
- Bite
- Cinébites meal deal
- CTBA
- Certificate to be announced
- D
- Dubbed
- DS
- Descriptive Subtitling
- Intro
- Introductory Talk
- PR Intro
- Pre-recorded Intro
- PR QA
- Pre-recorded Q&A
- PS
- Partially Subtitled
- QA
- Q&A Session
- R
- Recorded
- RS
- Relaxed Screening
- S
- Subtitled
- SD
- 25% Socially Distanced screening
- Times TBC
- To be confirmed