Paris Is Burning (1990)
- Directed by
- Jennie Livingston
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film, transgender film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 550 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows members of New York City's ballroom scene in the 1980s. It focuses on African American and Latino gay and transgender people who compete in drag balls and create their own families and communities.
observationalpoignantlivelyvibrantcelebratoryintimateeye-opening
What happens
Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed over a period of seven years from the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it. Critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary chronicling the end of the “Golden Age” of the New York City ballroom scene, and a thoughtful exploration of race, class, gender and sexuality in America. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”. It has since been ranked by numerous publications as one of the greatest documentary films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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