Bright Lights Cinema Series: ‘Queendom’

Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena, 21, stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism. Discussion with producer Igor Myakotin to follow.