Paris is Burning

DVD
1990
78 min
Jnnie Livingston
English language

If you’re interested in drag, vouging and queer culture more broadly, Paris is Burning is simply put a film you need to see. Much of the vocabulary and culture millions have been acquainted with through Rupaul’s Drag Race’s massive outreach, have their roots in the Ballroom Culture in 80s New York, which emerged in African American and Latino queer spaces. This documentary, shot in New York during the 80s, showcases the creativity, battles and wonderful subculture of the Ballroom scene’s marginalized members.

Written by Emil Vestre