Paris Is Burning

2DORSS15
Director:Jennie Livingston
Cast:Shari Headley, Gwen Verdon, Geoffrey Holder, Sol Pendavis
Length:71 minutes
Genre:Documentary

Paris Is Burning

Paris Is Burning; Jennie Livingston, 1990, versions: OR,SS, languages: eng

Director: Jennie Livingston • Camera: Paul Gibson • Cast: Shari Headley, Gwen Verdon, Geoffrey Holder, Sol Pendavis

This documentary is a fascinating piece of New Queer Cinema, mingling multiple characteristic traits of the movement. Most of its subjects are twofold minorities – working-class, Afro-American or Latin American members of the LGBTQ community. The film focuses primarily on ballroom culture, a domain where gender, sexuality, class, race and ethnicity crisscross.

Length: 71 min

Year: 1990

Country of origin:

  • United states of America

Language version:

OR - Original version (english)
SS - Slovak subtitles

Director: Jennie Livingston • Camera: Paul Gibson • Cast: Shari Headley, Gwen Verdon, Geoffrey Holder, Sol Pendavis

This documentary is a fascinating piece of New Queer Cinema, mingling multiple characteristic traits of the movement. Most of its subjects are twofold minorities – working-class, Afro-American or Latin American members of the LGBTQ community. The film focuses primarily on ballroom culture, a domain where gender, sexuality, class, race and ethnicity crisscross.

Year: 1990

Country of origin:

  • United states of America

Language version:

OR - Original version (english)
SS - Slovak subtitles