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Paris Is Burning
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity.
- Fashion.
- Documentary films.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- The Criterion Collection 1990
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2021
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- 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
- Participant:
- Angie Xtravaganza, Dorian Corey, Paris Dupree, Pepper LaBeija, Willi Ninja
- Notes:
- Title from title frames
- Film
- In Process Record
- Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1990
- OCLC:
- 1269377435
- Publisher Number:
- 11910624 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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