00:00Hi, I'm Maxine.
00:05Before the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
00:08Did I have the nerve to go on stage in a dress?
00:11Yes.
00:13Before Watergate.
00:15Gender confusion.
00:17San Francisco gave birth.
00:19To the legendary.
00:21It's so tacky.
00:23Magical.
00:24Would you like to go up or down?
00:26Musical. Immortals of dazzling glamour and artistry.
00:31The Cockettes.
00:32The notorious group of performers who created a social and sexual revolution that changed America forever.
00:41Yay!
00:43We had the Cockette House. That was our family.
00:46I thought we were the most beautiful, creative people in the city.
00:52This was the dream. We were on a spiritual quest.
00:55This was what we were born to do. We were born to change everything.
00:59We really did believe it would be a revolution any minute.
01:04We were playing to packed houses.
01:07And that put us into a whole new ballgame.
01:09And we were going to New York.
01:12Everybody who was in New York at that time was there.
01:15Andy Warhol was there.
01:16And John Lennon.
01:17Critics are calling the Cockettes the best time I had at the movies at Sundance.
01:25Inspiring.
01:26Charming.
01:28Exuberant.
01:28And wildly entertaining.
01:32The Cockettes.
01:35It was complete sexual anarchy.
01:39Which is always a wonderful thing.
01:42We are the Cockettes.
01:44You're welcome.
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