2025 Sarasota Film Festival
Dont Cry For me All You Drag Queens
2024• 9 min• United States• English
Screenings
Documentary Shorts
📅Tuesday, April 8 at 2:30 PM EDT
Ends 4:30 PM EDT
📍New College of Florida/Sainer Pavilion
About this film
"Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" pays homage to the legendary Mother Cavallucci by weaving together the present and past to provide a striking portrait of belonging and memory. Joseph “Josie” Cavallucci (aka Mother Cavallucci) is a legendary New Hope drag queen that would host annual wedding celebrations in the 70s and 80s that served as fundraisers and a community party.
Screening as part of the Documentary Shorts program.
Credits
- Director
- Kristal Sotomayor
- Executive Producer
- Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, Sara Scully
- Co-Producer
- Kristal Sotomayor, Nic Cory, Daniel Brooks
- Cinematographer
- Easton Carter Angle
- Editor
- María Luisa Santos
- Music
- William Maxwell

