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Butterflies On The Scaffold Fifteen years after the Revolution, la Güinera, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana, was still a marginalized area. In this setting, a clandestine drag culture developed much like the ghetto cultures that came into being in the U.S. at about the same time. Yet the Revolution had promised everyone a chance to make themselves a new home. Under this mandate local citizens started to build themselves apartment complexes to replace the shacks and shanties. These two strong movements-financial self-determination and sexual freedom-could have led to confrontation, but due to the courage of several women who held powerful positions in the new local government, the new drag culture wasn't suppressed. Instead it was given space. One woman, Fifi, asked the queens to perform in the cafeteria where many of the workers and locals ate. That was the beginning of a shared culture: drag queens are respected as artists and as fellow Cubans. This phenomenon is spreading beyond la Güinera. Butterflies On The Scaffold highlights images of working-class drag queens performing drag intercut with interviews that reveal other interests, other occupations. In this community many queens have other jobs, other vocations. Drag is just one of many ways that gays can add to strength of their society. Butterflies On The Scaffold dir. Margaret Gilpin & Luis Felipe Bernaza 1996 Cuba 70 min. video in Spanish with English subtitles A fascinating portrait of a working class community in Havana whose inhabitants include a vocal and prospering group of drag queens. In-depth interviews with community leaders, local residents, and family members reveal a transvestite movement that is expanding throughout Cuba. This engaging documentary addresses the social, human, and cultural transformations in this Latin city where drag queens have managed to create a space for themselves and gain their neighbors' respect through their creative work.
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