Francheska:_Prairie_Queen

<i>Francheska: Prairie Queen</i>

Francheska: Prairie Queen

2022 Canadian film directed by Laura O'Grady

Francheska: Prairie Queen is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura O'Grady and released in 2022.[1] The film is a portrait of Francis Yutrago, a gay immigrant to Canada from the Philippines who performs as a drag queen under the name Francheska Dynamites in Lethbridge, Alberta.[2]

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Francheska was previously profiled in an episode of the CBC Gem web series Canada's a Drag in 2020.[3]

The film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.[4]

The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Peter Klein, "CIFF putting the spotlight back on Alberta films ahead of next month's festival". Daily Hive, August 3, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Film about Filipino care worker premieres at Calgary International Film Festival". Canadian Filipino, September 1, 2022.
  3. [3]
    David Opinko, "Lethbridge drag community striving for mainstream acceptance". Lethbridge News Now, February 23, 2020.
  4. [4]
    Ingrid Canuel, "CIFF announces lineup of Alberta made films". LiveWire Calgary, August 4, 2022.
  5. [5]
    "JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD LONG LIST DROPS AT VISIONARIES" Archived 2022-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! Movies, September 11, 2022.


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