An exclusive clip has been given to us from the incoming feature documentary Donna, set for cinema screens and on demand services this coming Friday 15th July through Bohemia Media.
The film focuses on Donna Personna who first hit the stage with the legendary Cockettes.
Ecstatic lip-synching in San Francisco’s downtown bars is a far cry though from Donna’s Baptist upbringing in San Jose; now in her seventies, her siblings have never seen her perform or met her authentic self.
The documentary begins when Donna is offered a chance to co-write a play about an overlooked episode in queer history, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, in which transgender women Donna knew stood up against police harassment. She writes a character to be played by a young transgender activist. Praised for her writing and emboldened by her new friends, she heads out of the city to be reunited with her sister, Gloria.
Watch the exclusive clip from the film below and find the film in cinemas and on Bohemia Euphoria from 15th July.
