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The British Guide to Showing Off

"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

Top Cast

  • Andrew Logan

    Andrew Logan

  • Brian Eno

    Brian Eno

  • Grayson Perry

    Grayson Perry

  • Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

  • Richard O'Brien

    Richard O'Brien

  • Divine

    Divine

    Self (archive footage)

  • Ruby Wax

    Ruby Wax

    Self

  • Louise Walker

    Louise Walker

    Miss Majhordia Beach

  • Richard Torry

    Richard Torry

    Self

Overview

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

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