Paris Is Burning
1990 Directed by Jennie Livingston
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Paris Is Burning is a 1990 documentary (directeor Jennie Livingston) filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, chronicling the ball culture of New York City and the poor, African American and Latino gay and transgendered community involved in it. Many consider Paris Is Burning to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the "Golden Age" of New York City drag balls and exploration of queer culture
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Σπουδαία ταινία. Τόσο σπουδαία όσο και οι χορευτικές δεξιότητες του Willi Ninja, η περσόνα του Pepper LaBeija, το χαμόγελο του Freddie Pendavis, το στυλ της Octavia St.Laurent και ο τελευταίος μονόλογος του Dorian Corey. Τα σέβη μου.
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This movie is my everything. It has inspired so much in both gay and popular culture but it's still sadly relatively unknown.
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Listening to the present day New Jersey ballroom DJ Mike Q got me thinking about this film and I looked it up on YouTube. It is incredible. It should be no surprise that a subculture as defiant and outrageous as ballroom should throw up such stories and characters, but you'll still be gobsmacked, and as a social history document Paris is Burning is up there with the greats. That some of the stories will be sad ones should be expected, but nothing will prepare you for the devastating ending.
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Such a powerful, important documentary. And so bittersweet to watch these long-lost icons.
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amazing documentary a new exciting and dangerous secret world!
i swear if i could be anything i would be a drag queen
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As a big fan of "RuPaul's Drag Race" I was interested to see some of the earlier champions of drag. This documentary was moving and sad while also being a celebration of the fabulous. I highly recommend it!
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glamour gay (pobre).
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All my love for Venus Xtravaganza.
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Σπουδαία ταινία. Τόσο σπουδαία όσο και οι χορευτικές δεξιότητες του Willi Ninja, η περσόνα του Pepper LaBeija, το χαμόγελο του Freddie Pendavis, το στυλ της Octavia St.Laurent και ο τελευταίος μονόλογος του Dorian Corey. Τα σέβη μου.
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An amazing film, especially when you learn that all the main characters died in the 22 years since the film came out, mostly from AIDS and AIDS-related complications.
A powerful and moving portrait of what late 80's NYC was like for gay men, this movie should be seen by everyone, everywhere.
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In the early 80's I lived in NYC's West Village and was witness to some of the most amazing of sub cultures the dance phenomenon Voguing .It was the amazing 80's and the dance floors of the village where alive with the most fascinating of moves and the incredible members of the Houses of Ninja, LaBeija,St.laurent and extravaganza. The films focus is on the balls that where thrown in various of parts of NYC and showcased gay youth and their talent on the dance floor. Voguing was a combination of poses from High fashion magazines and the fluid motion of dance. It tells the tale of some of these youths and their elder counterparts in a gripping way that tells…