ROYALE
dir. Cam Medrano
2024
Running time: 18 min.
Trailer
Burdened by looming conservative legislation that aims to prohibit their performances, three Missouri drag queens navigate a changing landscape fueled by their passion for performance. ROYALE is a love letter to drag and found family, bridging celebration and liberation with the realities of local entertainers to honor midwestern queerness.
Cam
Medrano
Cam Medrano is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer from Roseville, California. During their time at the University of Missouri, Cam studied documentary journalism and film production while working with the Women's and Gender Studies department. With a passion for community-based storytelling, Cam has worked for several news outlets and looks to step into non-fiction filmmaking as they depart from the program. She is interested in using film as an outlet to bridge journalistic curiosity with compassion, which influenced her work in her directorial debut, ROYALE (2024).