Wigging Out
Theatre Twentynine
5:00PM
Saturday, September 20th
Wigging Out: Comedy, Camp, and Drag
The finest collection of B movies, dramatic drag, and twisted animated visions coalesce into a strange stew that must be seen to be believed.
Film Lineup:
Lipsync Assassin (Dir. Jon Galvez)
Sampaguita, a fabulous drag queen, moonlights as a hired killer to earn extra money and provide a good life for her talented daughter and sickly mother. Just when she thought she could handle any contract killing mission, her new target tests how far she can go to support her loved ones. 21 mins.
The 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant (Dir. Levi Maxine Johnson)
On the night of the 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant, Sasha Cunt & her best friend Balls are RUNNING LATE! One dead deer, a car chase, and a gay singalong later can the two drag artists make it on time for the pageant? 4 mins.
Just Girlythings (Dir. Veda Sage Simone Fuller)
As girls we are told becoming a woman is the most important thing that will ever happen to us we all sit there excited to get our periods feeling left out watching our friends bleed. FUCK THAT. As an intersex person assigned female at birth my period HURT all it ever did for me was make me bleed for month at a time. This film is an artistic rendition of the time my period sent me to the hospital. 1 min.
Rent, Please! (Dir. Jaanan Mirza Pandya)
While living together, two drag-performing roommates struggle to find balance with one another until they're forced to team up and work together in order to take down their evil landlord, who is trying to evict them. 3 mins.
When I Run (Dir. Mauricio Momo Meneses)
When I Run is a magical realism short film that blends humor, surreal moments, and quiet reflection to explore the struggle of getting out of bed and moving forward physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Set in the quiet, open landscapes of rural Raton, in Northeast New Mexico, Mario, a hesitant early-morning runner, grapples with self-doubt, internal contradictions, and everyday temptations as he loops the track, searching for meaning in motion.
Though absurd at times, the film invites viewers to reflect on deeper questions of self-discovery, guilt, escapism, and the nature of progress. Life, like running, isn’t always about speed, but about presence, pace, and the people beside us. 9 mins.
G L O R Y (Dir. Kai Kim)
When Benji’s long-term boyfriend, Sam, dies suddenly in a freak hot dog cart accident, Benji finds himself vacillating between grief-stricken catatonia and manic horniness. His fixation on glory holes in particular leads him to Ari, an unconventional therapist, who guides Benji on a psychedelic journey through his own queer consciousness via the glory hole in his mind. Benji navigates shame, fear, piles of hot dogs, and a series of queer supervillains, on the road to understanding himself and his sexuality outside the context of his relationship with Sam. 13 mins.
Man of God (Dir. Jon Hook)
After losing his lover & his church, David, a closeted preacher in the 1980s Deep South, comes to inherit his estranged father's Miami nightclub — pitting him against his dangerous stepmother & plunging him into a world that could be his ruin or his rebirth. 14 mins.
The King (Dir. Mirene Castelltort)
After attending a Drag King show, closeted Ramona embarks on a journey of self-acceptance and performing on stage. 9 mins.
After What Happened at the Library (Dir. Syra McCarthy, Kyle Casey Chu)
In the wake of a terrifying encounter, an overwhelmed drag queen struggles under the weight of public attention.
Inspired by Kyle Casey Chu’s viral true story. 15 mins.
