Jackie Beat

A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.

Champagne is one of San Francisco’s most notorious dancers. When she’s framed for her recent hubby’s death, she must outwit sinister businesswomen, incompetent detectives and sadistic prison guards. Starring a host of famous San Fran faces, Lady Champagne is the perfect queer counterpart to comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun.

When things go from bad to worse for Melonie Sunshine, she finds herself returning to the family farm and business when her Aunt Tiley passes away. She must find a way to work with her new business partner, Nick Rainbow, and maybe find what true love and hard work really is.

A fun take on the classic TV Christmas specials from the 60s, 70s and 80s - written by the show’s head writer, Emmy-winner, comedian and gay icon, Bruce Vilanch.

Star of stage and screen Alaska Thunderfuck proudly presents "Alaska's Extra Special Comedy Special." Featuring some of Alaska's greatest musical hits, exciting special guests, and a series of comedic jokes.

A foxy thief gets more than she bargained for when a routine money drop turns to terror.

Welcome to the hilarious Huluween drag variety show that’s serving you glitz, glamor, and ghouls, honey. Legendary queens Ginger Minj and Monét X Change are tasked with putting on the most spooky, over-the-top show… OR ELSE. Thankfully, a slew of drag royalty, including Jackie Beat, Jujubee, Lady Bunny, Landon Cider, Manila Luzon, Mario Diaz, Mo Heart, and Selene Luna, pop in to help them out. And an extra special musical guest drops by (hint: it’s Kesha!) to make sure Dragstravaganza is absolutely to die for. So grab your wigs, put on your heels, and strap in. It’s fierce. Frightening. And freaking hilarious.

Alaska and Willam go head to head in a game of Charades with special guests Jackie Beat, Jiggly Caliente, Heidi N Closet, and Priyanka. To benefit Fair Fight Action and the Transgender Law Center.

Dean Johnson, drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then John Doe. How does someone so famous in New York die as an unknown in DC? This documentary explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it murder? Was it an accident? We may never know, but what is certain is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and all who knew him forever.

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.

An exploration of twenty artists and their bodies of work.

Drag queen Heklina gets roasted by a group of comedians and drag queens, filmed live at the Castro Theatre.

The comedic flair of these glamorous drag queens will certainly captivate and charm you! The bold, the beautiful and the bawdy legendary performers put their unique talents to work offering up biting humor through stories and song.

Spotlighting the art of drag, and centered on the New York staple Wigstock, this documentary showcases the personalities and performances that inform the ways we understand queerness, art and identity today.

Tawny Kim heads to a halfway house for female ex-inmates transitioning into mainstream life. Once there, Tawny encounters her old cellies, Concha and Farhonda, and reveals her intentions to acquire monies owed to them.

An exclusive holiday special, featuring lush live performances from sold-out concerts in Los Angeles and London. Plus never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and special appearances by Michelle Visage and Jackie Beat. Oh and by the way - it's a sing along! Follow the bouncy balls and you can join the queens on stage in this one of a kind spectacular.

For the past 25 years, Mario Diaz has crafted his own iconic image as the premier LGBT nightlife king, throwing some of the sexiest and wildest parties from New York to LA, including the insanely appealing Hot Dog, BFD and Full Frontal Disco. CLUB KING combines Diaz's personal reflections with candid interviews and archival footage from the East and West Coast's hottest queens (including Jackie Beat), go-go boys, and artists like Scooter La Forge and Justin Vivian Bond, resulting in a dizzyingly wild ride. As Diaz himself says, "It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it."

Calvin Banks and Dante Colle enlist Realtor-to-the-stars Josh Moore to help them find their dream home. Known to have access to the best properties (and one of the biggest dicks in the business), Josh shows them the gorgeous Amityville Mansion. Surprisingly, the spacious estate is in their price range... so what's the catch? Is it bad plumbing? Termites? Or something much more sinister?

A family is stuck together on Christmas Eve during a snowstorm. Mrs. Bell uses it as an opportunity to ask her rich sister, Fable, for money. To succeed in her task, she needs the evening to be perfect, so she hires a maid named Arya to help her daughter Eve clean the house during the evening. Everything was fine until her drunk husband brings Fable’s ex-girlfriend, Lola to the party. Unfortunately for Mrs. Bell, Lola will not be her only problem that night because her other sister-in-law, Fabula is mentally unstable and can explode at any moment. It will certainly be a long night at the Bell house this Christmas.

Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.

A profile of a preoperative transsexual, director Matthew Barbato's fascinating documentary follows Alexis Arquette as she prepares for her upcoming gender-reassignment surgery. Part of a famous Hollywood family that includes siblings Rosanna, Patricia and David, Alexis is a well-known drag performer, underground cartoonist and actor who's appeared in dozens of films, including the 1994 blockbuster Pulp Fiction.

Celeste and Bam Bam escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage - while discovering that true beauty lies within.

Celebrities and artists discuss the meaning of "What is sexy?" with award-winning director and artist Steve Balderson.

Roseanne Barr is back with an all-new HBO comedy special! Filmed live at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Roseanne returns to her stand-up roots for the first time in 14 years, as she tackles hot issues of today - from gay marriage to President Bush.

Follows the life of one of today's most notorious bad-girl drag performers: Jackie Beat. Backstage we meet Kent Fuher, the man behind Jackie Beat, an incredibly talented performer whose life is ruled by constant doubts and insecurities. As Kent Fuher travels between New York City, Toronto, Los Angeles, Fire Island and then across the Atlantic to Berlin, he constantly questions his life and profession and slowly reveals his personal life.

We look at why Valley of the Dolls is so beloved and appreciated, both for its "badness" and hidden merits. Valley Of The Dolls is considered either a national disaster or a national treasure.

Seven LGBTQ+ comedians share the joys and pains of coming out to friends, family, and themselves in this hilarious and touching special.

The movie captures the responses of 31 authors, musicians, filmmakers and dancers to Olivier Messiaen's monumental organ work "Apparition of the Eternal Church." Listening to the 10-minute piece through headphones, the documentary subjects-most of whom are outsiders to the church and do not know what they're hearing-put Messiaen's project to the test: Is it possible to portray, through time-bound, invisible sound, the spiritual, the architectural, the eternal? The result is a collective interpretation improvising its way through an aesthetic landscape defined by violent contradictions. Resolution abuts eternity, eroticism asceticism, spiritual ecstasy physical torture. Together, the music and its interpreters conjure something like what William Blake famously called the marriage of heaven and hell.

Learn how to make the ookie cookie with this hallucinogenic glitterdrag-inspired tribute to the work of NYC underground 80’s gay video artist Tom Rubnitz.

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

After thawing, a young prehistoric woman, Lucy, gets herself taken care of by David, a young intern at a marketing firm. Working on a campaign ad for a cosmetics company, David becomes Mr. Bigshot when his protégé is chosen to be the model/spokeswoman for her animal personality.

The three-decade-old annual Manhattan gathering of drag queens and their fans is portrayed in this colorful documentary. The film concentrates on the spectacle of the event, providing abundant examples of the elaborate costumes, flamboyant wigs, and campy musical performances that characterize the event.

A campy chronicle of the lusts and loves of the men and women who work on a low-rent TV show called, "The Love Judge."

In this 1995 cult comedy spoof of and homage to Allison Anders' Mi Vida Loca, Misty, Pinky, Cha Cha, and Blanca remind us that blood is thicker than water, but not as thick as liquid eyeliner. Featuring OG drag legend Jackie Beat as Lupe

A parody of The Gay Agenda, a popular right wing anti-gay video. Just as that video tries to prove that homosexuals are corrupting the moral fiber of our society, this one uses the same techniques to prove that heterosexuality is the greater threat-- with hilarious results.

There's the length of it. I've known guys like me that could take any length. It's usually a throat thing, but sometimes I get to prove my prowess sitting down on the length of it. And there's the beauty of it. Who doesn't love a gorgeous cock. I know what a gorgeous cock is to me and you know what a gorgeous cock is to you. It's had to resist a gorgeous cock. I like the scent of it. Long or not so long, gorgeous or not quite as gorgeous, a guy with a good ball-sweat scent sifting up my nostrils makes my cock prowl. And just when I thought there was nothing better than a long, gorgeous cock giving me man-scent, I discovered the Thick Of It.

The soap opera continues, and this time there`s big trouble in Hollywood. But that`s where Kobe comes in. As a foxy gumshoe in stiletto heels, she's out to get to the bottom of the hi-jinx at The Knockers Club, and with all the beautiful bottoms to choose from, she's got her work cut out for her!

A young reporter is given the assignment of covering an adult video-shoot, hoping to dig up some dirt on its mysterious transvestite director. A director who also happens to be her favourite.