Join film producer, L Cedeño Miller (they/them pronouns) for a film screening of “Swann Queen”. William Dorsey Swann is the first recorded person in the United States who self-identified as a drag queen. Born enslaved in Maryland in 1860, Swann went on to organize clandestine drag balls in the District of Columbia.  L Cedeño Miller will discuss this short historical fiction film, starring local drag artists Pussy Noir and Molasses, the archival research that inspired this story and how Swann’s legacy is reverberating through the activism of contemporary local drag artists.

L Cedeño Miller is a D.C. based film and media producer. L harnesses community and ancestral knowledge to create visual altars that honor histories relegated to the margins.

Members: FREE | Non-Members: FREE

Note: This program will be held LIVE at Tudor Place and  virtually. Click here for more information about Tudor Place’s health & safety guidelines.

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