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The Cockettes

Summary: Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

Release Date: January 16, 2002

Genre: Documentary

Directors: Bill Weber

, David Weissman

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Grandelusion

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 300,000

Domestic: $ 220,165

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