“Girl Like,” a documentary about “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14 standout Lady Camden, aka Rex Wheeler, has been acquired by Freestyle Digital Media for North American distribution. The banner has set a launch date of Jan. 3, 2025 for digital rental and buy, with a DVD launch to observe on Jan. 7, 2025.
Directed by Luke Willis, “Girl Like” had its world premiere on the BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Movie Pageant, chosen to be the occasion’s closing evening screening again in March. Willis and Carter Feuerhelm wrote, whereas Willis and Cookie Walukas are producers.
The movie follows Girl Camden, the London-born, San Francisco-based drag queen that reached a worldwide highlight with a run on “Drag Race” in 2022. Together with Girl Camden, fellow “Drag Race” competitor Nina West narrates whereas Shiloh Clarke additionally options within the documentary.
“Following Girl Camden the previous few years by means of her rise to worldwide fame has been an extremely therapeutic journey for me,” Willis mentioned in a press release. “Girl Camden/Rex’s journey to hunt sanctuary within the theater is common even past queer communities as a result of — it’s a story of looking for one’s place on the earth. Everybody in all walks of life is aware of what it’s to really feel like an outsider. It’s extremely highly effective to witness somebody harness the braveness to strike out and discover the place they do belong regardless of the percentages. My hope is that you just fall in love with Rex, fall in love with drag and most of all discover power and braveness to persevere in your individual journey to seek out belonging.”
Freestyle, a division of Allen Media Group, negotiated the take care of Glen Reynolds of Circus Highway Movies.