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Poster for Cholita!

Cholita!

1995 · 7 min

A scrappy, gleefully weird backstage peek that feels like hanging out with a cult band's most outrageous personalities for a few minutes.

Directed by
Michele Mills
Starring
Vaginal Davis, Fertile La Toyah Jackson, Alex Bag
Overview
An intimate glimpse of Vaginal Davis's band !Cholita! The Female Menudo, with longtime collaborators Alex Bag as Sad Girl and Fertile La Toyah Jackson as Guadalupe. Directed by Michele "Meesh" Mills.

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Directed by
Michele Mills
Starring
Vaginal Davis, Fertile La Toyah Jackson, Alex Bag
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • music
  • identity
  • celebrity
  • gender
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Directed by
Michele Mills
Starring
Vaginal Davis, Fertile La Toyah Jackson, Alex Bag
Runtime
7 min

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