[Club LaRay Talent Show (June 30, 1987)]
A talent show and drag competition at Chicago music and performance venue Club LaRay.
A talent show and drag competition at Chicago music and performance venue Club LaRay.
A talent show and drag competition at Chicago gay club Club LaRay, as well as footage of the dance floor.
Club LaRay presents a “Battle of the Stars” with host Anita Baker (impersonator) and co-host Tasha Thomas. This video documents the performances throughout the night by queen impersonators of popular soul and r&b singers and groups such as Gladys Knight, Grace Jones, and The [male] Emotions.
Club LaRay was a Black, gay club in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The club was owned by Ray “LaRay” Hill. The club was housed in a former theatre consisting of two bars, a dancefloor, and a staircase that went from the floor to the ceiling, dubbed the “Stairs to Nowhere”.
Raw footage of interviews used for the documentary First Impressions, about the performers at a Denver drag bar.
Footage of a rehearsal at the Denver drag bar, filmed for the documentary First Impressions.
A documentary about the performers at a Denver drag bar, consisting largely of interviews conducted backstage as the performers apply their makeup.
Footage of a video exhibition and screening at Hampshire College, featuring work by Shirley Clarke, Wendy Clarke, David Cort, and other members of Clarke’s Tee Pee Videospace Troupe.