Do You Know A Drag Queen With a Story to Share? Contact Me Please

Here is a link to a short film I produced that was used during the exhibit "Jessica St. John: Memories of a Drag Queen at JumpStart Performance Company as part of the Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour. Queen of San Antonio

John McBurney is a San Antonio treasure. He's been helping make pretty many faces in San Antonio for decades. He's a professional make-up artist who has worked in theater productions and movies. John is a performing artist whose characters are camp, sharp and are full of San Antonio flavor as they are curvaceous. 

John, Chuck Squier and I are partnering this year to produce a documentary video that celebrates the fabulous and kick-ass courage of drag culture during the past 40 years in our community.  

What we hope to find: 

Stories about people, who, with their courage to dress up as they wished and to lip synch songs from their favorite singers, used their bright spirits and humor, to fight the often violent homophobia and machismo of the era. 

Photos and film (including video) of local performers
Stories about performing drag
Stories about the changes in drag culture's acceptance
Stories about the courage and persistence performers showed in just being who they are. 

We need your help as a supporter of the project. Send me an email so we can discuss the project and how you might be involved. Perhaps you attended 1960's-2000's drag shows, or you performed in them or like many others, played a backstage role with the artists. Tell us your story and share your photos and movies. Contact Linda at lindaacuellar@gmail.com