Hello to all, Koryn here! As a film studies scholar the name “Laura Mulvey” rings in my ears in every dark movie theatre I sit down in. And, as someone whose partner is not a film scholar, I realize the ways in which I can boil just about everything down to a Mulvey theory, and […]
Welcome and hello to all of the guests of Five Sisters Productions. As a reader of this post, you have stumbled upon a new project. My name is Koryn Naylor and I am a Senior at Otterbein University studying Creative Writing, Film and Women’s Gender and Sexuality. I aim to establish a home here, in […]
The film is about to be released nationally on March 3 in select theaters, and March 7 nation-wide on VOD. We’re excited to be in this moment of this long and beautiful passion-project’s journey. While I will be working like a dog for the next 6 months, and I still anticipate spending much of the […]
From Staff Reports Produced and directed by a team of five filmmaking sisters, “Kings, Queens and In-Betweens” addresses the complex subject of gender identity by documenting the lives — on stage and off — of eight drag performers. Through the lens of entertainment, fun and reams of duct tape, the film is the first to […]
CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRESS Produced and directed by a team of five filmmaking sisters, “Kings, Queens and In-Betweens” addresses the complex subject of gender identity by documenting the lives — on stage and off — of eight drag performers. Through the lens of entertainment, fun and reams of duct tape, the film is the first […]
Read this list from Columbus Alive about the biggest misconceptions in drag! Drag might be a whole lot more than you thought. There are queens, kings, bio-queens, bio-kings, boy dancers, femmes, burlesque and trans performers. There’s also a variety of styles: comedic, glamorous, female or male impersonators, arty and intellectual, political, irreverent and so on. […]
At the intersection of the blatantly socio-political, the intensely personal and the supremely theatrical is where you’ll find drag culture. Our film had a preview from Columbus Alive. Read the full article below! At the intersection of the blatantly socio-political, the intensely personal and the supremely theatrical is where you’ll find drag culture. By […]
KQIB filmmakers Ursula & Gabrielle had a terrific conversation at Auburn, Alabama’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art — with the KQIB Q&A including local performers EnVy DuVall (on left) and Imberli Vontrell (on right), who gave insight into the local scene and also into their experience regarding gender performance and expression both locally […]
CLEVELAND: We were thrilled to be having the world premiere at a top 10 best festival in the US: the Cleveland Int’l Film Festival. It was delightful to be there with so many fabulous performers, including Nina West, Virginia West, DrCool Ethan, Luster Dela Virgion, JAC Stringer, Julia Applegate & Liv Gjestvang, and so many […]
Check out the article with Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens director Gabrielle Burton! http://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/the-daily/2016/04/gender-as-a-concept-a-conversation-with-director-gabrielle-c-burton