Drag Becomes Him

Drag Becomes Him is a documentary about Jinkx Monsoon, a drag performer known internationally. The film looks closely at her life and career, following the person behind the stage persona rather than treating the performance as the whole story. It traces the roots of the character in Portland and the relationships and family background that shaped the performer, showing the work and the personal history that surround a successful drag career.

Alex Berry directed the film and wrote the screenplay with Basil Shadid. Basil Shadid, Jacob Leander and Michael Strangeways produced it through Dual Power Productions, and it runs 82 minutes. Jinkx Monsoon appears as herself, alongside Zan Gibbs, Deanne Hoffer, Melissa Hoffer, Kevin Kauer and Kenneth Lee, several of whom are family members and friends rather than professional collaborators. The documentary came early in Berry's directing work and was among the first features to center on Monsoon.

The film was released in April 2015. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from 15 votes, a small sample that points to a modest but attentive audience rather than a wide viewership. Its subject later became far more widely known, which gives the documentary added interest as a record of an earlier stage of that career.