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The Cockettes(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-01-16
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Time: 1h 40m
1969 … San Francisco … Sexual Anarchy
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Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
Languages: English.
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Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
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2002-01-16
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1969 … San Francisco … Sexual Anarchy
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