Pose star Hailie Sahar and director Anthony Hemingway have teamed up to bring the onetime performer and LGBTQ trailblazer Sir Lady Java’s life to the big screen.
Called a “trailblazer” and “a cultural icon” by Hemingway in the video, Sir Lady Java was a frequent presence on the Los Angeles nightclub circuit back in the 1960s. In that time of discrimination, she shared the stage with Sammy Davis Jr, Redd Foxx, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor and James Brown until the LAPD decided to shut her down in 1967 with what was known as “Rule Number 9.”
The targeted ordinance banned any “impersonation by means of costume or dress a person of the opposite sex.” Picketing local venues and linking up with the ACLU, Sir Lady Java took the cops and the city all the way to the California Supreme Court.
“I was fighting for a man to have the right to wear what they wanted to wear, and I won,” Sir Lady Java says in the video.
The Pose star’s Sahar Productions will executive produce the film along with Hemingway’s Anthony Hemingway Productions, Brian Sher for Crossover Entertainment and Tameka “Tiny” Harris for Pretty Hustle.
Source – Deadline
