Drag Kids (18) – Kulttuurikaappi Festival

Drag Kids is an intimate journey into the lives of four child drag queens from around the world.

Jason is an 11-year-old drag queen living in the middle of America’s Bible Belt. 9-year-old Nemis, aka Queen Lactatia, self-identifies as the “Diva-est diva you’ll ever meet”. 11-yearold Bracken is charting her own course in the once male-only world of drag queens, and 8-year-old Stephan is defying bullies with his alter-ego Laddy GaGa.

Stephan, Jason, Bracken and Nemis have never met, but they’re united by a shared passion for drag, and they’re about to come together for the first time – to perform Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ at the world-famous Montreal Pride Festival. As they prepare for the big show, each faces their own unique challenges, as well as challenges they have in common - deep feelings of isolation (most have ever met another ‘drag kid’ before) and the struggle of trying to claim a place of your own on the fringes of a fringe culture.

Duration: 80 min
2019 / Canada

The film is a part of the Kulttuurikaappi (Culture Closet) Festival. The festival dives into modern LGBT+ culture and blows the doors of the closet wide open! During the four festival days in Malmitalo, you can experience everything from films to drag shows!