Paris Is Burning
Dorian Corey Actor , Pepper Labeija Actor , Danny Xtravaganza Actor
MPAA Rating:
R
Contains:Nudity,Adult Situations,Questionable for Children,Adult Language
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Paris Is Burning
UPC: 786936297256
Studio: Miramax
MPAA Rating: R Contains:[Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language]
Summary: Poignant, well-received documentary that reveals the community of New York's minority drag queens, gay black and Latino men who cross dress as women and invent the dance style of "voguing," imitating the fashion poses on the covers of the magazine Vogue. As director Jennie Livingston discovers, her subjects band together into family-like "houses" for protection, taking the same last names and competing in drag balls where awards are given out for authenticity or "realness," as well as other categories like "evening wear" and "executive wear." Both an embracing and a refutation of the world of high fashion, the balls become the social locus of this underclass, underground society of outcasts defiantly refusing to be ignored by a world that scorns them. Paris Is Burning (1991) was one of several critically acclaimed documentaries of the late 1980s and early 1990s excluded from Academy Award nominations, eventually leading to a reappraisal of the Academy's stodgy selection process. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Category: Culture & Society
Awards: Best Documentary – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Documentary – New York Film Critics Circle Grand Jury Prize - Documentary – Sundance Film Festival
Features:
Feature Commentary By: Jennie Livingston, Director/Producer Willi Ninja, NMother, House of Ninja Freddie Pendavis, House of Pendavis, Jonathan Oppenheim, Editor
Paris Is Burning
Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)
Release Date: 09/06/2005
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard
Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono
Runtime: 76 Minutes
Sides: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Language(s) English
Subtitles: Spanish
Region: USA & territories, Canada
Chapters:
Disc #1 -- Paris Is Burning
1. The Ball Circuit [4:45]
2. Live the Fantasy [6:34]
3. Categories [8:58]
4. House & Family [7:48]
5. Mother [2:55]
6. Reading & Voguing [7:55]
7. Opulence [4:19]
8. Supermarket [5:06]
9. Working Girls [8:30]
10. Complete Woman [8:02]
11. Hooray for You [5:45]
12. Coda & End Credits [5:42]
Tom Wiener
A brief, informative, and ultimately moving excursion through an urban subculture, Paris Is Burning is a fly-on-the-wall documentary that allows its subjects to reveal themselves. As gays and members of minorities, these subjects have had to form their own community and social rituals. Filmmaker Jennie Livingston gained her subjects' confidence by filming them over several years' time, but in truth, many of these men are eager to strut their stuff. Livingston doesn't present their transvestite balls as freak shows; she approaches the events without condescension or pandering. The overall mood of the film is joyous, but inevitably, the reality of this world, which celebrates a lifestyle still considered immoral by much of the population, finally intrudes. Though some of the characters come off like lost souls, Livingston still finds much to celebrate in the imagination and wit of a hardy band of urban brothers. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
Cast and Crew:
Carmen
Actor
Freddie Pendavis
Actor
Willi Ninja
Actor
Paris Dupree
Actor
Octavia St. Laurent
Actor
Anji Xtravaganza
Actor
Junior Labeija
Actor
Angie Xtravaganza
Actor
Sol Pendavis
Actor
Sandy Ninja
Actor
Bianca Xtravaganza
Actor
Brooke
Actor
Avis Pendavis
Actor
Venus Xtravaganza
Actor
Nigel Finch
Producer
Davis Lacy
Producer
Jennie Livingston
Director
Jennie Livingston
Producer
Dorian Corey
Actor
Pepper Labeija
Actor
Danny Xtravaganza
Actor
Country: USA










