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Paris is burning /

Paris is burning / - Director-approved Blu-ray special edition , United States - 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages: illustrations ; 17 cm) - plastic 4 3/4 in. stamping - The Criterion collection ; 1018 . - Criterion collection ; 1018. .

Title and credits from screen Originally released as a motion picture in 1990 2K digital restoration supervised by director Jennie Livingston Special features: commentary soundtrack from 2005, featuring Jennie Livingston, ball community members Freddie Pendavis and Willi Ninja, and film editor Jonathan Oppenheim ; never-before-seen outtakes ; new conversation between Jennie Livingston, ball community members Sol Pendavis and Freddie Pendavis, and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris ; episodes of The Joan River show from 1991, featuring Livingston and ball community members Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Freddie Pendavis, and Ninja; Giselle Xtravaganza, a Latinx trans woman talks about the significance of Paris is burning; trailers; in booklet, an essay by filmmaker Michelle Parkerson and a 1991 review by poet Essex Hemphill

Cinematographer, Paul Gibson ; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim ; co-producer, Barry Swimar ; executive producers, Nigel Finch, Davis Lacy Cinematographer, Paul Gibson ; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim ; co-producer, Barry Swimar ; executive producers, Nigel Finch, Davis Lacy

Featuring Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia Saint Laurent, Willi Ninja, Kim Pendavis, Freddie Pendavis, Andre Christian, Paris Dupree

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 City₂s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion ₁houses,₂ from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty

MPAA rating: R; for language and sexuality


Blu-ray; region A; 4:3 full screen presentation (1.33:1 aspect ratio); LPCM 1.0 audio; requires Blu-ray player

9781681436975 1681436973

715515241519

CC3118BD The Criterion Collection

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


New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
New York (State)--New York.


Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

HQ76.2.U52 / N535 2020

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