Zackary Drucker Discusses Jack Doroshow / Flawless Sabrina with a Screening of "The Queen" (1968)

Zackary Drucker discusses Jack Doroshow a.k.a. Flawless Sabrina with a screening of "The Queen" (1968)

Artist and producer Zackary Drucker discusses the work of her mentor and friend, Jack Doroshow a.k.a. Flawless Sabrina, who passed away in 2017, and who left an incredible legacy of cultural, political, and artistic action. Flawless Sabrina influenced generations of artists in New York and beyond, including Drucker, whose own contemporary work in performance and media has been concerned with queer and trans genealogies.    

“The Queen,” (1968) is a short documentary film by Frank Simon, narrated by and featuring Flawless Sabrina. It follows a 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest in New York City. The film offers a close view of the era’s drag scene and the underground sexual cultures that supported it.

Zackary Drucker is an independent artist and cultural producer. Her work investigates the nuances and complexities of being alive in a human body. She has performed and exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries, and film festivals including the Whitney Biennial 2014, MoMA PS1, Hammer Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, MCA San Diego, and SF MoMA, among others. Drucker is an Emmy-nominated Producer for the docu-series This Is Me, as well as a Producer on Golden Globe and Emmy-winning Transparent.

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