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The Beauty President

Whitney Skauge

AFS Envoy: Whitney Skauge (Director)

AFS’s license for screening this title ends on August 31, 2025. No screenings can be scheduled after this date.

In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk. Today, Smith reflects back on his seminal civil rights campaign and its place in American history.