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I Am Divine is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 9 march 2013 with Divine

I Am Divine (2013)

I am Divine

I Am Divine
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Released in USA 9 march 2013
Length 1h30
OriginUSA
Rating74% 3.7445953.7445953.7445953.7445953.744595

I Am Divine is a 2013 American documentary film produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz of the Los Angeles-based production company Automat Pictures. The documentary focuses on the American actor, singer and drag performer Divine (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), born Harris Glenn Milstead, a lifelong friend and collaborator of filmmaker John Waters.

The film features extensive contemporary interviews with Waters, as well as Divine's mother Frances Milstead, and surviving members of the Dreamlanders.

Synopsis

Le documentaire retrace la vie de Glenn Milstead, dont le personnage de Divine a été sacré « plus belle femme du monde ». Petit garçon timide, jeune homme complexé, il découvre les bars gays puis le travestissement. Un voisin passionné de cinéma, John Waters, le fait tourner dans ses premiers films. Avec ses amis habilleur et maquilleur, Milstead crée le personnage excessif et scandaleux de Divine qu'il interprète dans les films Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs et Pink Flamingos. À la fin des années 1970, il se lance dans la chanson et fait plusieurs tournées aux États-Unis et en Europe. Il revient au cinéma en 1981 avec Polyester, puis dans Lust in the Dust de Paul Bartel et Wanda's Café. Peu après le succès de Hairspray, il meurt d'une crise cardiaque dans son sommeil.

Actors

Divine

(Self (archive footage))Jayne Mansfield

(Herself)John Waters

(Self)Tab Hunter

(Self)Ricki Lake

(Self)
And :
David Lochary
Edith Massey
David DeCoteau
Lisa Jane Persky
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