The film received international attention and was shown, for example, at Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1979.

[1] The film follows the singing and acting career of Tally Brown, a classically trained opera and blues singer who became a star of the New York underground scene in the late 1960s.

In this documentary, von Praunheim draws on extensive interviews with Brown, in which she shares her collaborations with Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead and other artists, and friendships with Ching Ho Cheng, Holly Woodlawn and Divine.

Brown opens the film with a cover of David Bowie's Heroes and closes with Rock 'n' Roll Suicide.

[2] The documentary is also notable for being the first of Praunheim's many portraits of women, mostly aging performers, who have become iconic figures in the LGBT community.