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PARIS IS BURNING

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Melbourne Queer Film Festival

PARIS IS BURNING

Dir: Jennie Livingston, USA, 1990, video, 71min
Genre: Documentary
Identity: Lesbian Gay Trans Drag

The MQFF is proud to screen Paris Is Burning on its 20th anniversary. Shot through the mid-to-late 1980s, Paris Is Burning chronicles the Drag Ball culture of New York City and the underprivileged African-American and Latino gay and transgendered communities involved in producing them. Many film scholars consider Paris Is Burning to be a seminal documentary about the end of the ‘Golden Age’ of New York City drag balls, as well as a fascinating exploration of race, class, gender, homophobia and AIDS in America.

The majority of the film alternates between footage of balls and interviews with members of the scene, including Pepper La Beija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja. The film heralded new dance styles, such as ‘vogueing’, made famous by Madonna 12 months after the film’s release. Paris Is Burning is widely seen as a pioneer of New Queer Cinema, and won multiple awards the world over.

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