The British Guide to Showing Off (2011)

For the outsider in all of us

Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event

Cast (27)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

A

Andrew Logan

Brian Eno

Grayson Perry

Zandra Rhodes

Richard O'Brien

Divine

Self (archive footage)

Ruby Wax

Self

L

Louise Walker

Miss Majhordia Beach

R

Richard Torry

Self

Q

Quentin Logan

Miss Elementary My Dear

J

Janet Slee

Miss Hokusai

A

Andrey Bartenev

Miss Bubbles of Hope

S

Stuart Hopps

Miss Sea Sea Sur Mer

Leigh Bowery

Self (archive footage)

Simon Callow

Self

Nell Campbell

Self (archive footage)

Michael Cashman

Self

O

Ossie Clark

Self (archive footage)

Julian Clary

Self (archive footage)

D

Duggie Fields

Self

R

Rachel Freire

Self

Fran Fullenwider

Self (archive footage)

M

Matthew Glamorre

Self

David Hockney

Self (archive footage)

Derek Jarman

Self (archive footage)

Amy Lamé

Self

D

Daniel Lismore

Self

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