Movies: John Waters

  • 2002
    Sylvester: Mighty Real

    Sylvester: Mighty Real (2002)

    Sylvester: Mighty Real

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    A short documentary about the Disco legend Sylvester. Sylvester James began as a child gospel singer and sashayed past barriers of race and sexual identity to become the definitive anthemist of disco and dance soul. With a vibrant falsetto and gender...

    Sylvester: Mighty Real
  • 2001
    Memories of Oz

    Memories of Oz (2001)

    Memories of Oz

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    Interviews with filmmakers/fans Willard Carroll and John Waters, Stephen Cox, author of The Munchkins of Oz, Munchkin actors and others on the impact and influence of the 1939 MGM film version of The Wizard of Oz....

    Memories of Oz
  • 1982
    No Smoking in This Theater

    No Smoking in This Theater (1982)

    No Smoking in This Theater

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    An archival promo piece with a message from John Waters realized for the Landmark's Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles in conjunction with the screenings of Pink Flamingos....

    No Smoking in This Theater
  • 1964
    Hag in a Black Leather Jacket

    Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964)

    Hag in a Black Leather Jacket

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    The lurid wedding of a black man and white girl, with a Ku Klux Klansman performing the wedding ceremony. John Waters' first film, made on 8mm, given one showing (making back its budget of thirty dollars) before being retired to his closet....

    Hag in a Black Leather Jacket
  • 2004
    Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low

    Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low (2004)

    Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low

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    Shot over the course of two years, Closer Than That finds the members of Duluth "slo-core" band Low (Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker, and Zak Sally) going through old photos, enduring awkward press interviews, serenading the baby, navigating traffic jams,...

    Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
  • 2015
    Kiddie Flamingos

    Kiddie Flamingos (2015)

    Kiddie Flamingos

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    Child actors perform a 'kid-friendly' table read version of John Water's notorious 1972 X-rated cult classic film, Pink Flamingos....

    Kiddie Flamingos
  • 2007
    Jessica the Hippo

    Jessica the Hippo (2007)

    Jessica the Hippo

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    A tv documentary about a domestic hippo named Jessica and her love for sweet potatoes. Narrated by filmmaker John Waters....

    Jessica the Hippo