''Team Queen'' is a

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...

for Triple Creme directed by

Leah Meyerhoff Leah Meyerhoff (born December 4, 1979) is an American Student Academy Award-nominated director, producer and screenwriter. She has received attention as the writer and director of the feature film ''I Believe in Unicorns'' starring Natalia Dyer ...

. A Planet Out Award finalist, Team Queen is a gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling music video for the queer post-punk band Triple Creme starring the best of New York

burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

. Team Queen has screened at dozens of

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worldwide and is currently airing on

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Synopsis

The new girl in school is thrown into a topsy-turvy madhouse of high school hellcats. The cheerleaders are drag queens, the nerds are nymphomaniacs, the punks breathe fire, and the prom band is none other than queer post-punk phenomenon Triple Creme. Featuring the best of New York burlesque: including Murray Hill,

Julie Atlas Muz Julie Atlas Muz (born Julie Ann Muz on May 30, 1973) is a New York City-based performance artist, dancer, burlesque artist, stage director, and actress. In 2012, she married English actor Mat Fraser. Muz is best known as a performer in the New Y ...

, Tigger, and Scotty the Blue Bunny.

Cast

Murray Hill — Principal
Molly the Dolly — Prom Queen
Julie Atlas Muz — Burlesque Dancer
Tigger — Burlesque Dancer
Scarlet Sinclair — Burlesque Dancer
Scotty the Blue Bunny — Burlesque Dancer

Awards

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Awards — Finalist *Fort Worth LGBT Film Festival — Best Music Video *Out Music Awards — Best Music Video Nominee *San Diego Women Film Festival — Judge's Award * Pill Awards — Best Music Video Nominee *Gaffers Film Festival — Best Music Video *Rebel Film Festival — Best Music Video *Micro Cine Fest — Best Music Video *Evil City Film Fest — Best Music Video

Festivals

*Antimatter Underground Film Festival *Austin LGBT Film Festival *Austin Underground Film Festival * Backseat Film Festival *

Boston Underground Film Festival The Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) is an annual event held in the Boston area that specializes in alternative film and video. BUFF is the largest underground film festival in New England, spotlighting short films and feature-length films ...

*Boxurshorts Film Festival *Brighton Film Festival *Brooklyn Cinema Series *Charm City Kitty Club *Cinejam *Coney Island Film Festival *Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival *Cucalorus Film Festival *Ellensburg Film Festival *End of the Pier Film Festival *Evil City Film Festival *

First Run Film Festival The First Run Festival is an annual event showcasing over 120 intermediate and advanced projects in film, video, and animation. It is presented by the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. and held in New York City. The event first ran in 1986. ...

*Flix & Mix Film Festival *Fort Worth Gay & Lesbian Film Festival *

Frameline Film Festival The Frameline Film Festival (aka San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival) (formerly San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival; San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) began as a storefront event in 1976. The first ...

*Fresh Fruit Film Festival * Fylmz Festival *Gaffers Film Festival *Great Lakes Film Festival *Homoagogo *Indie Music Video Festival *

Inside Out Film and Video Festival Inside may refer to: * Insider, a member of any group of people of limited number and generally restricted access Film * ''Inside'' (1996 film), an American television film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Eric Stoltz * ''Inside'' (2002 f ...

*Lake County Film Festival *Lost Film Fest *Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival *Micro Cine Fest *Milan Gay & Lesbian Film Festival * MondoHomo * MIX Film Festival *New England Women in Film and Video *

NewFest NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international LGBT film/video in the world. Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc i ...

*No Festival Required *

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*Ohio Independent Film Festival *

Outfest Outfest is an LGBTQ-oriented nonprofit that produces two film festivals, operates a movie streaming platform, and runs educational services for filmmakers in Los Angeles. Outfest is one of the key partners, alongside the Frameline Film Festival ...

*Out Takes Dallas *Oxford Film Festival *Planet Ant Film Festival *Portland Gay & Lesbian Film Festival *Portland Underground Film Festival *Pride Film Festival *Q Cinema * Queens International Film Festival *

Queeruption Queeruption (a compound of ''queer'' and ''eruption'') is an annual international queercore festival and gathering started in 1998 where alternative/radical/disenfranchised queers can exchange information, network, organize, inspire and get inspire ...

*Queer Quickie Film Festival *Rebel Film Festival *Reeling Film Festival *Rome International Film Festival *Route 66 Film Festival *San Antonio Underground Film Festival *San Diego Women Film Festival *San Francisco Women's Film Festival *Santa Cruz Film Festival *

Sarasota Film Festival The Sarasota Film Festival is a film festival located in Sarasota, Florida and is held in April. Its mission is "to celebrate the art of filmmaking and the contribution of filmmakers by hosting an international film festival and developing year-lo ...

*Silver Lake Shorts *Teabag Film Workshop *Tiburon International Film Festival *Toofy Film Festival *Trenton Film Festival *Waterfront Film Festival *Wichita Film Festival

Reviews

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'' magazine writes "They’re here, they’re queer, and they’re ready to rock. The grrrls in the post-punk Brooklyn band Triple-Crème are not afraid of a little heavy bass or some catchy guitar riffs. They’re also not afraid to kick your ass." Christa Martin of GT Weekly says "This colorful romp in high school antics and edginess is a wild ride of a music video." Elaine Mak of New England Film said that "award-winning director Leah Meyerhoff has built up a large list of accomplishments as a filmmaker" and Flavorpill writes: "post-punk lez rockers Triple Creme enlisted the brightest and most buoyant of New York's burlesque scene to star in the new music video for their single Team Queen."

References

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External links

Team Queen official siteTriple Creme official site
2000s music videos Queercore films LGBT-related songs American LGBT-related films Punk films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films