The Beauty President
Mar 20, 2021 | IMDB 6
10 min Watch NowDocumentary
In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk. Today, Smith reflects back on his seminal civil rights campaign and its place in American history.
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