John Epperson
Nacimiento : 1955-04-24, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA
Jaded Piano Player
Nina, una brillante bailarina que forma parte de una compañía de ballet de Nueva York, vive completamente absorbida por la danza. La presión de su controladora madre, la rivalidad con su compañera Lily y las exigencias del severo director se irán incrementando a medida que se acerca el día del estreno. Esta tensión provoca en Nina un agotamiento nervioso y una confusión mental que la incapacitan para distinguir entre realidad y ficción.
Andy's Mom
Nico (Jonah Blechman) y sus tres amigos Andy (Jake Mosser), Jarod (Jimmy Clabots) y Griff (Aaron Michael Davies) deciden tomarse un descanso durante las vacaciones primaverales en el paraíso floridano de Fort Lauderdale. Allí su principal objetivo será ganar el concurso "Gays gone wild!", algo así como "Gays desmelenados", organizado por las histriónicas Sandi Cove (Lady Bunny) y Tyrell Tyrelle (RuPaul). Sin embargo, la competencia será alta para vencer al malvado clan de los "Jaspers", formado por Jasper (Will Wikle), Jasper Chan (Brandon Lim) y Jasper Pledge (Isaac Webster).
Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to hear John Waters speak on a subject he is passionate about.
Mrs. Wilson
Cuatro amigos gays del instituto hacen un pacto: todos deberán perder su virginidad antes de llegar a la universidad. Andy Wilson, típico adolescente gay americano está loco por experimentar el sexo. Al igual que sus tres mejores amigos, está abiertamente orgulloso de su condición. Todos tienen sin embargo un problema en común, su incómoda virginidad. El momento más duro para ellos será cuando en la fiesta de graduación de secundaria se dan cuenta de que todos sus compañeros ya están gozando de las delicias del sexo. Esa noche se juran a sí mismos, en un pacto de amistad, que lograrán su cometido antes de verano.
Self
An overview of the iconic actresses' legendary careers, as well as the rivalry that colored "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Lypsinka
A film that revels in the sheer delightful fabulousness of drag! A joyful look into the lives of some of the most famous drag queens of today: Varla Jean Merman, Candis Cayne, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka. These frocked out femmes of fashion light up the screen!
Harold
After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.
Vivian Dart (as Lypsinka)
Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.
Writer
Award-winning actress and filmmaker Chloë Sevigny returns to the director’s chair bringing her own instinctual depth and glamor to the short film Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity, a singular work centering around downtown legend Lypsinka, the surrealist and iconic stage creation of John Epperson. Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us through her fever dream as she grapples with her psyche as a celebrity.
Lypsinka
Award-winning actress and filmmaker Chloë Sevigny returns to the director’s chair bringing her own instinctual depth and glamor to the short film Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity, a singular work centering around downtown legend Lypsinka, the surrealist and iconic stage creation of John Epperson. Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us through her fever dream as she grapples with her psyche as a celebrity.
Self
BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transformed over time? How does advertising tap into women's fantasies and hidden desires?