I Am Divine
2013 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · 83% critics
This documentary follows an outsider who turns childhood ridicule into a bold, boundary-pushing career, challenging ideas about beauty, gender, and sexuality. Through archival footage and interviews, it traces a rise from underground notoriety to international pop-culture icon, while also showing the person behind the larger-than-life persona.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2014-03-26
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (92 votes)
About
If you enjoy celebratory, interview-driven biographies about cultural outsiders and LGBTQ+ icons, this is a strong pick; Not for you if you dislike crude subject matter, or want deeper coverage of the music side, like in Vito.
Pros: respectful, affectionate portrait; strong archival footage; lively interviews | Cons: many talking heads; some areas underexplored; heavy focus on collaborators
Themes
- transvestite
- cross dresser
- gay theme
- gay artist
Cast & crew
Divine
as Self (archive)
John Waters
as Self
Ricki Lake
as Self
Lisa Jane Persky
as Self
Bruce Vilanch
as Self
Mink Stole
as Self
- JE
John C. Epperson
as Self
Tab Hunter
as Self
Helen Hanft
as Self
Holly Woodlawn
as Self
Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz