Paris Is Burning

USA 1990, 76 minutes
Dir. Jennie Livingston
Genres: Documentary / LGBT

Aroview: Revealing and rare insight into the colourful but often tragic lives of Harlem's gay and trans-sexual community, whose calendar highlights are the sensational drag balls. Filmed from 1985-89, this also documents the origins of 'vogueing'.

Adopt-a-Movie Kindly Adopted by Kailey Carruthers
NZ International Film Festival 1991

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5 stars (Exceptional) "You own everything! Everything is yours!" An iconic documentary on the New York Ball scene, Livingston's lens gives us the background on drag culture; the lingo, the looks, and the drama. Necessary viewing. ~Kailey

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