{"id":24888,"date":"2018-04-28T09:18:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T08:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=24888"},"modified":"2018-04-28T09:20:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T08:20:30","slug":"alaska-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/alaska-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"BFI Flare Film Festival &#8211; Boys On Film Review: Alaska Is A Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>If you&#8217;re a fan of <strong>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/strong> and independent film, then you&#8217;ll absolutely fall in love with <strong>Alaska Is A Drag<\/strong>, written and directed by female director <strong>Shaz Bennett<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Alaska Is A Drag<\/strong> is about Leo who is doing the very best he can to stay motivated on his dream of becoming America&#8217;s next drag superstar. Sometimes this can get a little challenging whilst living in Alaska in a small trailer, working in a fish factory, helping his sister beat her cancer and getting into a homophobic scuffle just about every single day. <\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <strong>Boys On Film<\/strong>, Phil and Raj discuss the film and it&#8217;s stellar cast led by <strong>Martin L. Washington Jr.<\/strong>, <strong>Maya Washington<\/strong>, <strong>Matt Dallas<\/strong>, <strong>Margaret Cho<\/strong>, <strong>Jason Scott Lee<\/strong> and even a special appearance from <strong>Nia Peeples<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S4nq9WIYPiQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">remember her?<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7KDLsN0JX7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New episodes of <strong>Boys on Film<\/strong> are released every Monday and Friday, so make sure to subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaNc2JH146PLiqAxP2SWdvQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Phil Marriott\u2019s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>For more <strong>EQ Music<\/strong> film and television reviews, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/category\/film-reviews\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Film\/TV channel<\/strong><\/a> right here on the site.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race and independent film, then you&#8217;ll absolutely fall in love with Alaska Is A Drag, written and directed by female director Shaz Bennett&#8230; 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