We are delighted to partner with Darkness RISING and the Brooklyn Arts Exchange / BAX to co-present this virtual event!
About the Event
This event is FREE and open to the public. It begins on March 15 when exclusive work-in-progress clips from the film will be unlocked on this page for a limited time only.
STEP ONE: Click the BIG ORANGE "Watch Now" BUTTON above to watch the clips! (You will be invited to make a donation before watching)
STEP TWO: Watch the replay of our March 26 Live Zoom Q&A!
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About the Live Q&A
Our advisor and friend Natasha Johnson moderated our live Zoom conversation with BeBe on March 26, and special guests from our partner organizations joined as well.
We discussed:
- breaking into – and persevering through the ups and downs of – a career in the arts
- finding your own unique voice as an artist
- embracing, inspiring and empowering Queer Black Excellence
- the role of the arts in our movements for racial justice and human rights
- live Q&A from event attendees
About the Documentary
BEING BEBE is a new documentary feature film (currently in post-production).
Marshall Ngwa (a.k.a. renowned drag performer BeBe Zahara Benet) came to the United States from homophobic Cameroon with dreams of a better life, and became the first winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2009.
The film follows Marshall’s remarkable immigrant journey from the early days of his amateur drag performance career in Minneapolis, circa 2006, to his emergence as one of the leading artists in the movement to celebrate and advance Queer Black Excellence during the 2020s.
With 15 years of intimate access to Marshall’s story, the film presents his unique love affair with performance alongside his unstoppable sense of persistence and purpose, offering an unprecedented portrait of an artist who chooses to live a creative life against all odds.
BEING BEBE is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.
