Brooklyn-based drag queen Panthera Lush spends hundreds of painstaking hours behind the sewing machine designing couture-worthy looks. Weaving cinéma vérité and choreographed drama, this documentary short follows Panthera and her chameleonic friends to take a closer look at the creative process behind the ever-evolving art form of drag.

Link | DAZED Premiere

CREDITS

Directors | Renee Mao & Savannah O'Leary
Producer | Kieran Altmann
Cinematographer | Shannon Palmer
Editor | Savannah O'Leary

Starring | Panthera Lush

Also Featuring | Crystal Mesh, Magenta, Jay Kay, West Dakota, Esther, Kuby, Blvck Laé D.

Production Design | Violet Overn
Composers | Dylan Nowik, Matt Parad & Annika Zee
Sound Design & Mix | Hunter Berk
Colorist | Kath Raisch @ Company 3
Title Design | Ugly Wolf
Title Animation | Ericka Ubasa
Motion Graphics | Phillip Gladkov

PAST SCREENINGS & AWARDS

NSF19 Award Winners at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park | 11.23.19
Audience Award Winner | Nitehawk Shorts Festival at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg | 11.12.19  
NewFest at Cinépolis Chelsea| 10.27.19
Ladies With Lenses at Brooklyn Academy of Music | 10.09.19
Cinema Diverse Palm Springs | 09.20.19
Girls In Film at Curtain Shoreditch | 09.11.19
The Video Consortium | 06.27.19
DAZED Magazine Online Premiere