The Beauty President
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10mins
Directed by
Abby Lynn Kang Davis,
Dawn O'Keeffe,
Ben Proudfoot,
Rishi Rajani
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Starring
Terence Alan Smith,
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.
