Francheska: Prairie Queen

Francheska: Prairie Queen
Directed byLaura O'Grady
Written byLaura O'Grady
Jordan Bosch
Produced byJenny Steele
Rosman Vallencia
Michelle Wong
StarringFrancis Yutrago
CinematographyMichael Sorel
Edited byJordan Bosch
Music byAndrea Wettstein
Alec Harrison
Release date
  • September 23, 2022 (2022-09-23) (CIFF)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Tagalog

Francheska: Prairie Queen is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura O'Grady and released in 2022.[1] The film is a portrait of Francis Yutrago, a gay immigrant to Canada from the Philippines who performs as a drag queen under the name Francheska Dynamites in Lethbridge, Alberta.[2]

Francheska was previously profiled in an episode of the CBC Gem web series Canada's a Drag in 2020.[3]

The film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.[4]

The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[5]

  1. ^ Peter Klein, "CIFF putting the spotlight back on Alberta films ahead of next month's festival". Daily Hive, August 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Film about Filipino care worker premieres at Calgary International Film Festival". Canadian Filipino, September 1, 2022.
  3. ^ David Opinko, "Lethbridge drag community striving for mainstream acceptance". Lethbridge News Now, February 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Ingrid Canuel, "CIFF announces lineup of Alberta made films". LiveWire Calgary, August 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD LONG LIST DROPS AT VISIONARIES" Archived 2022-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! Movies, September 11, 2022.