The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing. The event, which started as a spur-of-the-moment spoof of Miss America thrown by a few twenty-something friends in a tiny West Hollywood apartment in 1990, grew to become L.A.’s longest-running drag benefit, including appearances by A-list actors, playing before thousands of people and grossing over $6 million to help those living with HIV/AIDS. With humor and heart, director John Carlos Frey takes us through an emotional journey of queer life and activism from the 90s to today.
- Released
- 2024-06-13
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Carlos Frey
Cast
- Patrick Rush as Self
- Jeffrey Drew as Self
- John Paschal as Self
- Jack Lorenz as Self
- Christina Applegate as Self (archive footage)
- Nell Carter as Self (archive footage)
- Jennifer Coolidge as Self (archive footage)
- Jon Cryer as Self (archive footage)
- Anna Faris as Self (archive footage)
- Kathy Griffin as Self (archive footage)
- Melanie Griffith as Self (archive footage)
- Kristen Johnston as Self (archive footage)
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