Flaming Creatures

A film by Jack Smith

  • 1963
  • 43 min (approx.)
  • 16mm, black and white
Still from Flaming Creatures to come.

Drag performers, among them Mario Montez and Francis Francine, pose, dance and put on lipstick before an orgy and an earthquake shake the set. Police seized it at the New Bowery Theater in March 1964, and it was banned in New York State.

Where to find it More from Jack Smith

Filed under Queer cinema and Underground film

Where to find it

Rented to cinemas, schools and film societies.

Where it went next

Also by Jack Smith