The Cockettes

Profile of the flamboyant theatrical troupe of gay hippies and drag queens, who became famous in early seventies San Fransisco for their exuberant stage shows at the legendary Palace Theater. Film director John Waters shares his memories of the Cockette cult, and there's a chance to see footage from their infamous movie Tricia's Wedding, which satirised the televised wedding of President Nixon's daughter, with a transvestite playing the bride, a drunken Mamie Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson crashing the party