The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
96 min
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.
- Release date
- June 13, 2024
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- David Benjamin Steinberg
Cast
- Patrick Rush as Self
- Jeffrey Drew as Self
- John Paschal as Self
- Jack Lorenz as Self
Crew
- Christina Applegate · Archive footage
- Nell Carter · Archive footage
- Jennifer Coolidge · Archive footage
- Jon Cryer · Archive footage
- Anna Faris · Archive footage
- Kathy Griffin · Archive footage
- John Carlos Frey · Director
- James Cude · Producer
- John Carlos Frey · Producer
- David Neuendorff · Producer
- David Benjamin Steinberg · Composer
- James Cude · Editor