Top billed cast

1. 

   Vera Drew

   Joker the Harlequin

2. 

   Lynn Downey

   Joker's Mom

3. 

   Kane Distler

   Mr. J

4. 

   Nathan Faustyn

   Penguin

5. 

   David Liebe Hart

   Ra's Al Ghul

6. 

   Phil Braun

   Batsy (voice)

7. 

   Griffin Kramer

   Young Joker

8. 

   Christian Calloway

   Doctor Crane

9. 

   Trevor Drinkwater

   Edward Nygma aka The Riddler

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2026-05-01

**The People's Joker (2022)**

_Directed by Vera Drew_

Vera Drew's The People's Joker is creatively brilliant with a moving narrative, and she proves you don't need a multimillion-dollar Hollywood budget to make an awesome film. Shot in five days for $25,000, with an army of volunteer animators and visual effects artists recruited through Drew's YouTube show, this DIY trans coming-of-age story wrapped in a Batman parody has more invention, heart, and genuine risk than anything Marvel or DC has produced in the last decade.

Drew plays Joker the Harlequin, telling an autobiographical stor...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$4,057.00

Keywords

• parody
• coming of age
• lgbt
• live action and animation
• gender identity
• emotional abuse
• toxic relationship
• abusive relationship
• independent film
• transgender
• pretentious