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‘Pose’s Hailie Sahar & Anthony Hemingway Unite For Sir Lady Java Biopic; LGBTQ Activist Beat LAPD Discrimination In 1960s
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: They say you can’t take on City Hall, but someone forgot to tell Sir Lady Java.Now Pose star Hailie Sahar and Genius: Aretha director Anthony Hemingway have teamed to bring the onetime performer and long-time LGBTQ activist’s story to life on the big screen.As you can see in the video below that Emmy winner Hemingway has put together, Good Trouble alum Sahar is slated to play the famed female impersonator – and Sir Lady Java very much approves:Called a “trailblazer” and “a cultural icon” by Hemingway in the video, Sir Lady Java was a frequent presence on the Los Angeles nightclub circuit back in the 1960s.
