Francheska: Prairie Queen
| Francheska: Prairie Queen | |
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| Directed by | Laura O'Grady |
| Written by | Laura O'Grady Jordan Bosch |
| Produced by | Jenny Steele Rosman Vallencia Michelle Wong |
| Starring | Francis Yutrago |
| Cinematography | Michael Sorel |
| Edited by | Jordan Bosch |
| Music by | Andrea Wettstein Alec Harrison |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Tagalog |
Francheska: Prairie Queen is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura O'Grady and released in 2022. The film is a portrait of Francis Yutrago, a gay immigrant to Canada from the Philippines who performs as a drag queen under the name Francheska Dynamites in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Francheska was previously profiled in an episode of the CBC Gem web series Canada's a Drag in 2020.
The film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.
The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.