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Avant-Drag!
Avant-Drag!

Avant-Drag!

Ten drag performers find solace in each other as they rebel against their oppressive reality and those who control it.

Genres

Documentary

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Avant-Drag! paints portraits of ten drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query, problematise and (yes, please!) undermine social strictures. Employing wildly imagined personas – like riot housewives and Albanian turbo-folk girls – who perform acts as revolutionary as praising abortion and as charming as drawing childish pictures, these artists call for social justice by taking aim at conservatism, patriarchy, patriotism, racism and sexism.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

23 May 2024

Country

Greece

Cast

Marissa Triantafyllidou

Marissa Triantafyllidou

Narrator

Veronique Tromokratisch

Veronique Tromokratisch

Self

Kangela Tromokratisch

Kangela Tromokratisch

Self

Lala Kolopi

Lala Kolopi

Self

ER Libido

ER Libido

Self

Aurora Paola Morado

Aurora Paola Morado

Self

Thanasis McMorait

Thanasis McMorait

Self

Parakatyanova

Parakatyanova

Self

SerGay Parakatyanov

SerGay Parakatyanov

Self

SerGay Parakatyanov

SerGay Parakatyanov

Self

Lia Smaragda

Lia Smaragda

Cotsos

Cruella Tromokratisch

Cruella Tromokratisch

Self

Zak Kostopoulos

Zak Kostopoulos

Himself (Archive Footage)

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