Divine Waters is a 1985 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 starring Divine and John Waters

John Waters (filmmaker)

John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...

 as themselves, along with Waters' father John Waters Sr. and sister Trish Waters.

Plot

This documentary focuses on the careers of influential partners in trash film

Transgressive art

Transgressive art refers to art forms that aim to transgress; i.e. to outrage or violate basic mores and sensibilities. The term transgressive was first used by American filmmaker Nick Zedd and his Cinema of Transgression in 1985...

, John Waters and Divine. The film includes interviews with Waters' parents and sister, actress Edith Massey

Edith Massey

Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters...

 sings two songs (Punks, Get off the Grass and Fever), as well as a live performance of Divine performing his song Born to be Cheap.

Cast

• Divine as Himself
• John Waters
  John Waters (filmmaker)
  John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
  
  as Himself
• John Waters Sr. as Himself
• Trish Waters as Herself