Synopsis
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
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Cast
- Larry BrinkinSelf
- Dusty DawnSelf
- Anton DunniganSelf
- John FlowersSelf
- Goldie GlittersSelf
- Ann HarrisSelf
- Fayette HauserSelf
- JilalaSelf
- Michael KalmenSelf
- Richard KoldewynSelf
Recommendations
- 100
Film Threat
This is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party. - 90
New Times (L.A.)
Brilliant new documentary. - 90
Variety
Joyously re-creates the brief but resplendent reign of the legendary freakadelic drag troupe. - 83
Portland Oregonian
The film does leave you with the lingering regret that you missed a hell of a good party. It is, as the kids used to say, a trip. - 80
Washington Post
Has the glorious, gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days, featuring all manner of drag queen, bearded lady and lactating hippie. - 80
Los Angeles Times
This comprehensive and charming film not only recalls those days exactly, it also manages the wonderful trick of taking us back there along with it. - 80
L.A. Weekly
A fascinating, richly detailed documentary about the legendary queer collective based in San Francisco in the late '60s and early '70s. - 75
New York Daily News
The Cockettes epitomized a brief confluence of new possibilities, not so much in theater as in personal style, lending them a certain historical value that greatly exceeds their contribution to theater.
