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Paris is burning / produced and directed by Jennie Livingston ; a production of Off White Productions, Inc.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 033 441 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 1018.
- The Criterion collection ; 1018
- Standardized Title:
- Paris is burning (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drag balls--New York (State)--New York.
- Drag balls.
- Cross-dressers--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Cross-dressers.
- African American gay men--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- African American gay men.
- Hispanic American gay men--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Hispanic American gay men.
- Trans women--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Trans women.
- Gay culture--New York (State)--New York.
- Gay culture.
- Voguing (Dance)--New York (State)--New York.
- Voguing (Dance).
- Transgender women.
- Manners and customs.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Gay men--Social life and customs.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (76 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
- polychrome
- color
- stamping
- plastic
- 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1; full frame (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby monaural audio.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby Digital 1.0
- fullscreen
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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, it 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"--Container.
- Contents:
- Disc one. Paris is burning; [Special features]
- disc two. [Special features].
- Participant:
- Featuring Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia Saint Laurent, Willi Ninja, Kim Pendavis, Freddie Pendavis, Andre Christian, Paris Dupree.
- Credits:
- Director of photoraphy, Paul Gibson ; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim ; co-producer, Barry Swimar ; executive producers, Nigel Finch, Davis Lacy.
- Notes:
- Title and credits from screen.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
- 2K digital restoration supervised by director Jennie Livingston.
- Features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Jennie Livingston, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New conversation between Livingston, ball community members Sol Pendavis and Freddie Pendavis, and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris; Over an hour of never-before-seen outtakes; Audio commentary from 2005, featuring Livingston, ball community members Freddie Pendavis and Will Ninja, and film editor Jonathan Oppenheim; Episode of The Joan Rivers Show from 1991, featuring Livingston and ball community members Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Freddie Pendavis, and Ninja; Trailer; An essay by filmmaker Michelle Parkerson and a 1991 review by poet Essex Hemphill.
- ISBN:
- 9781681436982
- 1681436981
- OCLC:
- 1134401083
- Publisher Number:
- 715515241618
- CC3119DDVD The Criterion Collection
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