Dixie Queen – The Ties of Home
by Bambi Weavil
(Dixie Queen Preview)
“You know when’s life is drag, you gotta be a bitch. And my favorite bitch is Tara Nicole.” – Scarlett Dailey, Show Director at ibiza in Wilmington, NC and fellow Drag Queen
Like a quick touch up of a makeup brush, Miles Christian Daniels’ Dixie Queen captures beautifully in a short amount of time the intimate lives of drag queens in Wilmington, NC. The primary focus of the documentary is the “Bitch Goddess of the Port City,” Tara Nicole, who bravely gives a intimate look into her life, as Eddie from Beulaville, North Carolina, who faces homophobia over and over, to Tara Nicole, one of the most popular drag queens in Eastern North Carolina who overcame adversity to be proud of who she is.
Dixie Queen also captures her fellow drag queens in very candid talk about life in Wilmington, NC where it’s more about “acting right in public” then who you sleep with, as well the love and hate that has occurred in the Port City. Wilmington has a strong gay history that is highlighted here that I was even surprised to learn about, as I spent the majority of my life growing up in Wilmington.
Lady Bunny is also involved the documentary, discussing the differences between drag queens in the South and up North and says, “Drag is a very territorial art form and a drag queen is a queen and every queen has her domain.”
What I loved the most about Dixie Queen that finally, there is a movie that captures the strength, beauty, character, bonding and truth of what it is like to be a drag queen in the South and to go behind the scenes of the entertainment that people see on a weekly basis. My only complaint was it felt too short, and I hope to see more work from Miles Christian Daniels in the future about different aspects of the gay community. People within the film community should give this film a second look, and fans and peers of the drag community should endorse this film as a realistic glimpse into the unique lives of Tara Nicole and other southern Dixie Queens.
To purchase Dixie Queen: https://www.nationalfilmnetwork.com/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=267
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