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Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of r...

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Uniform Title:Paris is burning (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Dupree, Paris (Actor), Ninja, Willi (Actor), Gibson, Paul (Cinematographer) (director of photography.), Corey, Dorian, 1937-1993 (Performer), LaBeija, Pepper, 1950-2003 (Performer), Xtravaganza, Venus, 1965-1988 (Performer), Saint Laurent, Octavia, 1964-2009 (Performer), Pendavis, Kim (Performer), Pendavis, Freddie (Performer), Christian, André (Performer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; closed captioned.
Published: The Criterion Collection, 1990.
Series:Criterion collection.
Subjects:
Drag balls > New York (State) > New York.
Cross-dressers > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
African American gay men > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Hispanic American gay men > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Transgender women > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Gay culture > New York (State) > New York.
Voguing (Dance) > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Ethnicity.
Documentary films
Ethnicity
Fashion
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women-including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza-PARIS IS BURNING brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (77 min.)) : color, sound
Production Credits:Editor, Jonathan Oppenheim ; co-producer, Barry Swimar ; cinematographer, Paul Gibson ; associate producers, Claire Goodman, Meg McLagan ; sound recordists, Catherine Calderon, Judy Karp ; executive producers, Nigel Finch for BBC Television, London, David Lacy for WNYC Television, New York.