Drew Denny’s new feature documentary, Second Nature, narrated by Elliot Page, proves there’s nothing “inferior” about being female and nothing “unnatural” about being queer. The film played recently at SXSW EDU and will next play on April 24 at the Reel Wild Film Festival in New York City, where the film was awarded the special jury award. Harper’s Bazaar called Drew’s one-woman show turned Academy Award nominated podcast Asking For It “a Fleabag fix in a post-Fleabag world,” and her first feature film The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had With My Pants On won Best Feature, Best First Feature and Best Cinematography in its 50-festival run, earning her a spot in The Advocate’s “40 Under 40” list, where she was named “an auteur to watch.” She is a 2025 recipient of the Chicken and Egg Development Grant for her film Inhabit, a collaboration with Chase Joynt. Her forthcoming feature film, Love and Chaos, stars Lux Pascal, Bebe Wood and Christine Taylor. She moonlights in a band called HIPS and runs the non profit Allies in Arts, which has supported over 14,000 artists who identify as women, BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ since she founded the organization in 2015. (Photo by Benjamin Trivett /Shutterstock.)
