Paris is burning
DVD - 2020
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 City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion 'houses,' 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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- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, New York] :
The Criterion Collection
[2020]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Director-approved two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; Full screen
- Item Description
- Title and credits from screen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
2K digital restoration supervised by director Jennie Livingston.
Special features on disc one: commentary soundtrack from 2005, featuring Jennie Livingston, ball community members Freddie Pendavis and Willi Ninja, and film editor Jonathan Oppenheim ; never-before-seen outtakes. On disc two: 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. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC; region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby monaural audio.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: R; for language and sexuality.
- Production Credits
- Cinematographer, Paul Gibson ; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim.
- ISBN
- 9781681436982
- Disc 1. Paris is burning; [Special features]
- Disc 2. [Special features].