The Queen — 1968 Documentary Tee Before Paris Is Burning, there was The Queen — the groundbreaking 1968 documentary that lifted the veil on New York’s drag pageant world. Directed by Frank Simon and starring Flawless Sabrina, it captured the elegance, politics, and wit of queens competing for the crown in a pre-Stonewall world. Judy Garland jokes, shade before it had a name, and realness long before “realness” was defined — The Queen turned the underground into history.
