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Becoming Ruby

2025 · 10 min

A warm, intimate portrait that feels like a joyful act of community-building, tinged with the bittersweet weight of representation.

Directed by
Quan Luong
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Follow Ruby Chopstix, Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence, as they navigate the complexity of being an underrepresented drag performer while creating a special showcase to create space for other queer BIPOC performers.
How it feels
Warm, earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, race, sexuality, art
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Quan Luong
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Quan Luong
Written by
Erin Gulas, Minh Anh Vo Dinh
Starring
Ruby Chopstix
Runtime
10 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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