
How Do I Look
2006-01-04 · 80 min · ★ 4.8
The icons from the "Harlem Drag Balls" are influencing the biggest stars in pop culture for decades and they are telling their untold stories of their time. The creative lifestyle, fierceness and fabulousness, is the ultimate challenge in fashion, on the runway and dance floor for recognition and fame. Wolfgang Busch is capturing the creative way society's disenfranchised express themselves through movement and creativity.
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- Directors
- Wolfgang Busch
- Production companies
- Wolfgang Busch, Art From The Heart Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 15,000
Top Cast
Willi Ninja
Octavia St. Laurent
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