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Paris is burning /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3118BD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Series: Criterion collection ; 1018.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages: illustrations ; 17 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681436975
  • 1681436973
Uniform titles:
  • Paris is burning (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.778 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ76.2.U52 N535 2020
Production credits:
  • 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 DupreeSummary: 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
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00423 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 1605031442X

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

MPAA rating: R; for language and sexuality

Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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

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