Paris is burning / produced and directed by Jennie Livingston ; a production of Off White Productions, Inc.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Livingston, Jennie, film director, film producer.
• Swimar, Barry, film producer.
• Gibson, Paul (Cinematographer), director of photography.
• Oppenheim, Jonathan, editor of moving image work.
• Corey, Dorian, 1937-1993, performer.
• LaBeija, Pepper, 1950-2003, performer.
• Xtravaganza, Venus, 1965-1988, performer.
• Saint Laurent, Octavia, 1964-2009, performer.
• Ninja, Willi, performer.
• Pendavis, Kim, performer.
• Pendavis, Freddie, performer.
• Christian, Andre, performer.
• Dupree, Paris, performer.
• Off White Productions, Inc., production company.
• Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

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.
• 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.
• Voguing (Dance).
• Gay culture.
• Transgender women.
• Manners and customs.
• Hispanic American gay men.
• African American gay men.
• Cross-dressers.
• Drag balls.
• New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
• 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.

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