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In Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Queendom,’ An Extraordinary Russian Drag Performer Defies Convention, Risking Life And Liberty
'Queendom,' a film about a drag performance artist hounded out of Russia, has earned a place on the Oscar documentary shortlist.
“Knowing where she’s coming from, she’s had such a difficult childhood, and what the person that she was aspiring to become and that she has become — that is so inspiring for so many people,” observes Queendom producer Igor Myakotin, who grew up in Magadan as well. The film shows Jenna out in public in costumes that make her appear like an alien lifeform – her eyebrows and head shaved and coated in white makeup, her lower limbs sealed in duct tape, her slender, reed-like body elevated on six-inch heels. Galdanova and Myakotin recall a time in Russia, in the years after the collapse of the Soviet empire, when the country moved towards greater acceptance of LGBTQ people.
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