Pink Flamingos is a 1972 American
transgressive black comedy exploitation film written, produced, scored, shot, edited, narrated, and directed by
John Waters. When the film was initially released, it caused a huge degree of controversy due to the wide range of perverse acts performed in explicit detail. It has since become one of the most notorious films ever made and made an underground star of the flamboyant
drag queen actor
Divine. The film co-stars
David Lochary,
Mary Vivian Pearce,
Mink Stole, Danny Mills,
Cookie Mueller, and
Edith Massey.