In 1992, Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid as 'America’s first Drag Queen for President.' This is the story of TheBeautyPresident. Watch now on
My career as a filmmaker started with a love for home movies, which naturally evolved into a love for documentary filmmaking. From a young age, I was fascinated by the wonders of everyday life, and since I could hold my parents’ VHS camera, I’ve been trying to capture it through cinema. But growing up Black, biracial and queer in Montana in the 2000s meant I didn’t see a whole lot of people who were like me.
I wanted to champion Terence Alan Smith as an unsung queer futurist in “The Beauty President.” Against a social and political environment of homophobia in the 1990s, it was a defiant act of bravery for Smith to be an openly gay Black man, dressed in full drag, running for the highest seat in government. From queer civil rights to universal healthcare to defunding the military in favor of investing in education, Smith championed policies that are mainstream today.
Today, my work seeks to preserve and celebrate stories that have not been recognized by popular culture with a focus on Black and queer perspectives. I’m inspired by everyday people fighting for our collective liberation and healing. In a time of deep civil and political reckoning, I feel a responsibility for my work to be political.
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