Uncle Denis?

Film Maker
Goycoolea, Adrian
Year
2009
Country
UK
Language
Format
Video
Length
17
Genre
documentary, queer
Category
art & artists, Families, found footage, history, LGBTQ, Literary/theatre, Literature, Portraits, sexuality

Director Adrian Goycoolea looks back on the life of his great-uncle Denis Pratt, a.k.a. Quentin Crisp, the notorious artist, writer and raconteur. Interviews with the extended Pratt family, Super 8 footage, and letters and essays by Crisp reveal the dual personae of the man who penned “The Naked Civil Servant” and other literary works that unapologetically revealed his sexuality. “Uncle Denis?” is a fascinating personal portrait of one of the most significant queer icons of the 20th century.

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