I'M YOUR VENUS

A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary PARIS IS BURNING, as Venus’ two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.

Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured as a glamorous “ball walker” in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary PARIS IS BURNING. Venus was murdered before that film’s release, and now, decades later, I’M YOUR VENUS picks up a trail gone cold.Haunted by unresolved questions and family trauma, Venus’s biological relatives – brothers John, Joe, and Louie Pellagatti, and her niece Jillian – enlist a legal team to find the answers that have eluded the family for decades. Together with Venus’ chosen family from the House of Xtravaganza, they work together to honour Venus' impact in the queer community, seek answers about her killing, and in the process find unexpected common ground.