Joshua Grannell

Joshua Grannell

Birthday: 1974-01-07

Place of Birth: Maryland, USA

Biography: Peaches Christ (stage name for Joshua Grannell; born January 7, 1974) is an American underground drag performer, emcee, filmmaker, and actor. Peaches currently resides in San Francisco, where her Backlash Production Company and Midnight Mass movie series are based. Grannell studied film at Penn State University, where his senior thesis film Jizzmopper: A Love Story, about a janitor at an adult video store, won the audience award at the annual Penn State Student Film Festival. Grannell developed the Peaches Christ character during the production of this film. Her Midnight Mass road show Short Film Retrospective has been on tour, appearing in Seattle, Berkeley, New York City, Brussels, Belgium, and Lausanne, Switzerland. On September 7, 2007, the San Francisco de Young Museum hosted a "Decade of Peaches Christ Retrospective" called Cattychism featuring artistic contributions inspired by Peaches. The event included ten years of costume design by long-time collaborator Tria Connell and ten years of graphic design by artist Chris Hatfield. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peaches Christ, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Dress Up Like Mrs. Doubtfire
Dress Up Like Mrs. Doubtfire

A look at 1992's Mrs. Doubtfire as one of first family-friendly films to include drag....

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Burlington Paranormal
Burlington Paranormal

Introducing a team of paranormal investigators in a Mississippi River town led by a woman who has th...

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All About Evil
All About Evil

A mousy librarian inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the fa...

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So Young, So Bad, So What: The Making of Reform School Girls
So Young, So Bad, So What: The Making of Reform School Girls

A making of documentary on 1986's REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS....

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Season of the Troll
Season of the Troll

Chapter one in the “Tran-ilogy of Terror ” begins when Peaches Christ discovers a hideous little-per...

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A Nightmare on Castro Street
A Nightmare on Castro Street

Part Two in the “Tran-ilogy of Terror” series. There’s a nightmare on Castro Street – a street where...

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Grindhouse
Grindhouse

Joshua Grannell's short was later remade by him as feature called "All About Evil"....

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The Unabridged Mrs. Vera's Daybook
The Unabridged Mrs. Vera's Daybook

The Unabridged Mrs. Vera’s Daybook tells a story of historic activism and community art through the ...

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Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned
Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned

An ultra-secret government weapons project is headed up by a mad scientist's grand-daughter. Her mis...

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Spin the Bottle
Spin the Bottle

A drag-umentary exposing life behind the scenes at San Francisco's infamous summer midnight movie se...

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There's a Zombie Outside
There's a Zombie Outside

A man whose identity is intertwined with cult cinema finds that he is having problems distinguishing...

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in...

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Mansfield 66/67
Mansfield 66/67

About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life and the speculation swirling around...

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A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

A Wig and a Prayer chronicles the story of Peaches Christ, the legendary San Francisco drag queen, f...

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Better Known as Peaches Christ
Better Known as Peaches Christ

Drag icon Peaches Christ offers a rare, intimate glimpse into her process of transformation, and des...

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The Drag Roast of Heklina
The Drag Roast of Heklina

Drag queen Heklina gets roasted by a group of comedians and drag queens, filmed live at the Castro T...

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Milk
Milk

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...

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You Don't Nomi
You Don't Nomi

Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal de...

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Tales of the Uncanny
Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films....

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Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story
Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story

Documentary film about San Francisco's infamous drag performance night club. Shocking and delighting...

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I Am Divine
I Am Divine

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spi...

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Verasphere: A Love Story in Costume
Verasphere: A Love Story in Costume

David Faulk and Michael Johnstone were diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s. After meeting in 1994 the t...

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Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Mark Patton sets the records straight about the controversial 1985 sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Stre...

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Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis

This documentary examines the many aspects of the gay fascination with Bette Davis, featuring film c...

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Doc of Chucky
Doc of Chucky

The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don...

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The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

As an actor, Bruce Campbell has well over 150 credits to his name. From "Xena: Warrior Princess" to ...

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