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Queens Don’t Cry
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Queens Don’t Cry

Feb 9, 2002
1h 30m
★ 3.0

Overview

Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s. These four queens became Germany’s most popular drag performers and have been busy fertilizing the German cultural scene. Besides being performers, they are also political activists – in AIDS awareness, anti-gay violence, the sex workers movement and the struggle against the extreme right and racism. The film tells their story.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
NDR

Cast

BeV StroganoV

BeV StroganoV

Ichgola Androgyn

Ichgola Androgyn

Ovo Maltine

Ovo Maltine

Tima die Göttliche

Tima die Göttliche

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