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# ‘Digging Up Dorothy’ Short Film released in UK
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/digging-up-dorothy-short-film-released-in-uk/
- Published: 2020-07-28T09:10:45.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-28T06:19:59.000Z
- Description: Digging Up Dorothy, a short film follows a drag queen who stages a protest in a cemetery when she discovers the remains of Hollywood legend Judy Garland are going to be moved, is now available on Amazon Prime UK.
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: Arts, News, Queer Corner, Television, Canada, Judy Garland, LGBT, LGBTQ, Liverpool, Liza Minnelli, London, movies

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Digging Up Dorothy, a short film follows a drag queen who stages a protest in a cemetery when she discovers the remains of Hollywood legend Judy Garland are going to be moved, is now available on **Amazon Prime UK**.

Based on true events, the film’s screenwriter and lead actor **Darren Stewart-Jones** wrote the script after reading an article on Liza Minnelli’s plans to exhume her mother’s remains.

*‘I was all set to walk the red carpet this film festival season,’* says Darren, who plays drag queen **Ruby LaRue**. *‘Most of the festivals that the film was accepted into are either cancelled or postponed.’*

Darren was born in Liverpool but moved to Canada at a young age where he founded the **Toronto Queer Theatre Festival** eight years ago. He often visits London and is itching to get back once the lockdown is over.

He adds: *‘I just want people to see this movie.* *The film was a labour of love for me and I was so disappointed when festivals in Philadelphia and Atlanta that planned to show the movie were cancelled. Of course, safety had to come first.’*

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