Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Paris is burning (Motion picture)

Title:

Paris is burning / director, Jennie Livingston.

Edition:

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Publisher, Date:

[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2020.

Description:

2 videodiscs (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion 'houses,' from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: R; for language and sexuality.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 1018

Criterion collection ; 1018.

Subjects:

African American gay men -- New York (State) -- New York.

Gay culture -- New York (State) -- New York.

Cross-dressers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.

Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.

Voguing (Dance) -- New York (State) -- New York.

Drag balls -- New York (State) -- New York.

New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.

Genre:

Feature films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Livingston, Jennie, film director.

Corey, Dorian, 1937-1993, performer.

LaBeija, Pepper, 1950-2003, performer.

Ninja, Willi, performer.

Xtravaganza, Venus, performer.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title from sell sheet.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.

Special features: new conversation between Jennie Livingston, abll community members ; never-before-seen outtakes ; episodes of The Joan River show from 1991; trailer and more.

Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja, Venus Xtravaganza.

DVD; full screen (1.33:1).

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

ISBN:

9781681436982

1681436981

9781681436982 : DVD

1681436981 : DVD

Publisher Number:

CC3119DDVD

Other Number:

1134401083

System Availability:

5

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

5

Control Number:

824586

# Local items in:

4

# System items in:

4

Call Number:

DVD 306.778 Paris is