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Glennda and Camille Do Downtown
A film poster of Belverio and Paglia posing with their hands clasped together. The title of the film is printed across Belverio's dress, and a callout in the corner reads "The Feminism of the 21st Century will be pro-art, pro-sex, pro-porn!"
Sundance Film Festival poster
Directed byGlenn Belverio
StarringGlenn Belverio
Camille Paglia
CinematographyJulie Clark
Stevin Michels
Edited byStevin Michels
Glenn Belverio
Release date
  • June 14, 1993 (1993-06-14)
Running time
29 minutes (television)
15 minutes (Sundance)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Glennda and Camille Do Downtown is a 1993 documentary short film directed by Glenn Belverio. The documentary follows Belverio (in the guise of drag queen Glennda Orgasm) and academic Camille Paglia as they tour downtown New York City. The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994, and won Best Short Documentary at the Chicago Underground Film Festival that same year.

Synopsis

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The documentary follows drag queen Glennda Orgasm and critic Camille Paglia as they visit various sites in New York City, including the Stonewall Inn and the Chelsea Piers. The pair discuss topics such as LGBT activism, the state of contemporary feminism, and gay pornography. Orgasm and Paglia also have a confrontation with protestors supporting Women Against Pornography.[1][2]

Production and release

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Glennda and Camille Do Downtown was filmed on May 15, 1993.[3] It originally aired on Manhattan Cable Public Access Television on June 14 and 17 that same year,[3] as an episode of Belverio's public-access television series Glennda and Friends.[4][5] A shortened 15-minute version of the film, edited down from the original 29-minute long version that aired on Glennda and Friends, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.[3]

Reception

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The film was awarded Best Short Documentary at the 1994 Chicago Underground Film Festival.[6][7] According to Paglia, Glennda and Camille Do Downtown was banned from the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival and the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival "for reasons of political incorrectness".[6][8]

References

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  1. ^ Steiner, Wendy (November 20, 1994). "Advertisements for Themselves". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Glennda and Camille Do Downtown". Video Data Bank. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Paglia 2011, pp. 277–278.
  4. ^ "The Brenda and Glennda Show/Glennda and Friends by Glenn Belverio". Walker Art Center. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "Camille Paglia on Drag Queens and Democrats: Obama Behaved Like 'King at Versailles'". Observer. March 20, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Paglia 2011, p. xxiv.
  7. ^ "Film Starring Feminist Provocateur Camille Paglia and Drag Queen Glennda Orgasm to Screen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, June 24" (Press release). May 22, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "The Buzz: Paglia's 15 Minuets". The Advocate (653): 79. April 19, 1994.

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