Starring: Ichgola Androgyn
Director: Pasquale Plastino, Stephane Riethauser
Running Time: 61
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: June 13th 2017 (US VoD), September 5th 2017 (US DVD)

In the Schöneberg section of Berlin lies the Alter Sankt-Matthäus-Kirchhof, best known as the burial site of the Brothers Grimm. While framed by one of the Brother’s stories, this documentary isn’t about them, it’s about a man whose life has become inextricably linked to the cemetery.

Ichgola Androgyn is a gay drag queen, who used to be involved in experimental art and various other slightly hippie-ish pursuits. Almost accidentally he got involved with the cemetery, which he helped change from a staid, Victorian institution to something more welcoming that is designed as much for the living as the dead. [Read more…]