The Big Johnson
in person
Fri Feb 21, 9:45 pm at Quixote West Hollywood
Part of Slamdance Film Festival
18+ ONLY
FREE SCREENING
Also showing Feb 23, 4:00 pm
World Premiere Screening


The Big Johnson
Lola Rock’N’Rolla
2025
95 min
USA
English
Movie Summary: Dean Johnson, drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then John Doe. How does someone so famous in New York die as an unknown in DC? This documentary explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it murder? Was it an accident? We may never know, but what is certain is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and all who knew him forever.
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