Paris Is Burning
- Fri, Jan 2
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Director: Jennie Livingston Run Time: 78 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1991
Starring: Dorian Corey, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja
Producer: Jennie Livingston
Why y’all gagging so? She bring it to you every ball! Vidiots is ready to drag in the New Year with one of the most iconic documentaries of all time – Jennie Livingston’s raw, rapturous, life-affirming, and heart-breaking masterpiece Paris is Burning. Take the subway back to the 1980s New York drag ball scene where the dolls strut their stuff and live their truth. Joined together in houses that rival for prizes, society’s outcasts create their own families, support systems, and competitions outside of a hostile world of racism, AIDS, and transphobia. From the legendary foremothers of the drag scene like Willi Ninja and Dorian Corey, to the young trans ingenues Venus Xtravaganza and Octavia St. Laurent, these magnificent icons bring us into their world with candid interviews and performance footage. Don’t miss your chance to see all the glamor, humor, and personality of this magnificent documentary on the big screen with your fellow fabulous Vidiots!
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Accessibility Options: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.