Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box

21m
Documentary
5.2

“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Stormé DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950s and '60s she toured the black theater circuit as a mistress of ceremonies and the sole male impersonator of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated female impersonation show and forerunner of La Cage aux Folles.

Cast

Stormé DeLarverie
Self

Crew

Michelle Parkerson
Director, Editor, Producer, Researcher
Mike Boyer
Director of Photography
Charles Mahorney
Director of Photography
Audrey Barnes
Assistant Director, Film Processor
Liane Rozzell
Assistant Director
Al Santana
Camera Operator
J.T. Takagi
Sound
Clive Davidson
Sound
Ronald Gray
Sound
Carolyn Chen
Lighting Director
Susan Hyde
Finance
Sharon Farmer
Still Photographer
Leigh Mosley
Still Photographer
Alysse Bezable
Electrician
Jules Labarthe
Electrician
Frank Fernandez Jr.
Editorial Services
Issac Jackson
Researcher
Marilyn H. Mackel
Legal Services

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