In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic
bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk.
Today, Smith reflects back on his seminal civil rights campaign and its place in American
history.
Presented by Breakwater Studios, Hillman Grad Productions, LA Times Studios. Winner
of the Mountainfilm Women In Film Award, Outfest Special Programming Award: Freedom,
and Emerging Black LBGTQ Award at NewFest.
Eventive. “2022 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.” Accessed June 25, 2026.
https://2022sftff.eventive.org/films.
