Jack Doroshow, who portrays Flawless Sabrina, made a personal appearance some years ago at a screening of this movie which took place at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center. In addition to the film, there was some soundless film footage presented of an after party which took place immediately after the contest, that footage which may have come from the personal collection of Flawless Sabrina. This footage shows that the NYPD "raided" the after party presumably because men dressing as women in those days was still illegal. Arrogantly and with no seemingly plausible reason, the police officers walked through the party requiring numerous attendees to show their identification, such harassing actions which could have arguably led up to the Stonewall rebellion of 1969.
Crystal LaBeija, who is seen expressing her displeasure at losing (as usual) to a white drag performer, went on to create the House of LaBeija, is credited with creating both modern day drag ball culture and the House System, which are more inclusive to black and Hispanic members. This was featured in the subsequent documentary Paris Is Burning (1990) and is fictionalized on Pose (2018).
The print was restored by Kino Lorber in 2019.
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