Drag Kids

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| name = Drag Kids

| image = Drag Kids film poster.jpg

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| caption = Film poster

| director = Megan Wennberg

| producer = Edward Peill
Erin Oakes

| writer = Megan Wennberg

| starring = Queen Lactatia
Laddy GaGa
Suzan Bee Anthony
Bracken Hanke

| music =

| cinematography = Paul McCurdy

| editing = Warren Jefferies

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| released = {{Film date|2019|04|28|Hot Docs}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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Drag Kids is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Megan Wennberg and released in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/article-in-documentary-drag-kids-parents-cheer-as-children-slay-gender-norms/|title=Hot Docs 2019: In Drag Kids, parents cheer as children slay gender norms|work=The Globe and Mail|date=April 22, 2019}} The film centres on Queen Lactatia, Laddy GaGa, Suzan Bee Anthony and Bracken Hanke, four young children from Canada, the United States and Europe who perform as drag entertainers, and performed together for the first time at Fierté Montréal in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/9333161-drag-kids-doc-explores-theatrical-world-of-pre-teen-drag-queens/|title=Drag Kids doc explores theatrical world of pre-teen drag queens|work=The Hamilton Spectator|date=May 1, 2019}}

The film premiered on April 28, 2019 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/hot-docs-review-drag-kids/|title=Hot Docs review: Drag Kids|work=Now|date=April 23, 2019}} In conjunction with its premiere, the stars performed at a drag brunch hosted by the city's Glad Day Bookshop.{{cite web|url=https://yohomo.ca/blog/x-queer-films-to-see-at-toronto-hot-docs-festival-2019|title=9 queer films to see at Hot Docs Festival 2019|work=Yohomo|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505194548/https://yohomo.ca/blog/x-queer-films-to-see-at-toronto-hot-docs-festival-2019|url-status=dead}} It also screened at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival the following month, and was announced as the winner of the festival's award for Best Canadian Feature.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/inside-out-lgbt-film-festival-winners-dod-barking-at-the-moon-billie-and-emma-we-are-radical-monarchs-1202625660/|title=Inside Out LGBT Film Festival Reveals Winners For 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 2, 2019}}

The film had its broadcast premiere on the Documentary Channel on July 25, 2019.{{cite web|url=http://realscreen.com/2019/07/10/cbc-docs-pov-sets-air-date-for-megan-wennbergs-drag-kids/|website=RealScreen|title=CBC Docs POV sets air date for Megan Wennberg's "Drag Kids"|author=Alcinii, Daniele|date=July 10, 2019}} Concurrently with its broadcast premiere, it was added to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's streaming platform CBC Gem.[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/let-these-four-fierce-drag-kids-give-your-heart-a-jolt-of-fabulosity-in-this-new-documentary-1.5224676 "Let these four fierce 'drag kids' give your heart a jolt of fabulosity in this new documentary"]. CBC Arts, July 25, 2019.

Its debut in United States was October 24, 2019 at NewFest in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.queerty.com/megan-wennberg-explores-kids-drag-homophobia-follows-drag-kids-20191024|title=Megan Wennberg explores when kids do drag–and the homophobia that follows–in 'Drag Kids'|last=Reddish|first=David|date=October 24, 2019|website=Queerty|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025005936/https://www.queerty.com/megan-wennberg-explores-kids-drag-homophobia-follows-drag-kids-20191024 |archive-date=2019-10-25 |access-date=October 25, 2019}} The film went into wide release in 2020.