The Cockettes is a 2002 American documentary film

Documentary film

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. It was directed by Bill Weber and David Weissman, and produced by Weissman. Its subject is the 1960s-70s San Francisco  performance group The Cockettes

The Cockettes

The Cockettes were a psychedelic drag queen troupe founded by Hibiscus in the late 1960s in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. The troupe performed outrageous parodies of show tunes and gained an underground cult following that led to mainstream exposure.In 1971, over differences in...

. The film debuted at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It went on to a limited theatrical release and to play the film festival

Film festival

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 circuit. The Cockettes received the LA Film Critics Award for Best Documentary of 2002.

Cast

• Sylvia Miles
  Sylvia Miles
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• John Waters
  John Waters (filmmaker)
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• Dusty Dawn
• Larry Brinkin
• John Flowers
  John Flowers
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• Goldie Glitters
• Ann Harris
• Fayette Hauser
• Jilala
• Michael Kalmen

Archive footage

• Divine
• Jackie Curtis
  Jackie Curtis
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• Hibiscus
  Hibiscus
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• Angela Lansbury
  Angela Lansbury
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• Anthony Perkins
  Anthony Perkins
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• Ronald Reagan
  Ronald Reagan
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• Gore Vidal
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• Sylvester
• The Grateful Dead
• Taylor Mead
  Taylor Mead
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• Richard
  Richard Nixon
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   and Tricia Nixon

See also

• Dzi Croquettes
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  Dzi Croquettes is a 2009 Brazilian documentary about a Brazilian dance and theater group.-Awards:*2009 - Festival do Rio - Best Documentary Jury Award...
  
  , a documentary film about a Brazilian ensemble inspired by the Cockettes.