Tally Brown, New York

Tally Brown, New York is a 1979 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim. The film is about the singing and acting career of Tally Brown, a classically trained opera and blues singer who was a star of underground films in New York City and a denizen of its underworld in the late 1960s.

Tally Brown, New York
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Produced by	Rosa von Praunheim Joachim von Mengershausen
Starring	Tally Brown Holly Woodlawn Divine Taylor Mead Edward Caton
Music by	Tally Brown Holly Woodlawn
Cinematography	Edvard Lieber Michael Oblowitz Rosa von Praunheim Juliana Wang Lloyd Williams
Edited by	Mike Shephard Rosa von Praunheim, Rosa von Praunheim
Release date	4 May 1979
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

In this documentary, Praunheim relies on extensive interviews with Brown, as she recounts her collaboration with Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead and others, as well as her friendships with artist Ching Ho Cheng, performers Holly Woodlawn, and Divine. Brown opens the film with a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" and concludes with "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide." The film captures not only Tally Brown's career but also a particular New York milieu in the 1970s.[1]

In the same year of its release, the documentary won the Film Award in Silver at the German Film Awards for Outstanding Non-Feature Film.[2]

The documentary is also noteworthy for being the first of Von Praunheim's many portraits of women, usually aging legendary performers, who have become cult figures among the LGBT community.