Paris Is Burning

1991 R 1h 18m 8.2

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

A documentary of New York's LGBT scene in the 1980s, showing the real life of poor Black and Latin LGBT people, introduce the ballrooms, the categories, the houses, the voguing, and the dreams and ambitions of these people who are systematically excluded from society, they fight to conquer the right to be and to reinvent themselves in a world starring straight and white people. They use the balls to show their creativity, have fun with their community and family, shining, and having their names recognized in the ballroom scene.

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Info about Paris Is Burning

Studio(s): Art Matters Inc., BBC

Originally Released: United States on Mar 13, 1991

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Box Office Gross: $3,800,000.00

Budget: $500,000.00

Genres: Documentary

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