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Paris is burning [videorecording] / a production of Off White Productions, Inc. ; produced and directed by Jennie Livingston. - Widescreen - Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2005?] - 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990

Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia Saint Laurent, Willi Ninja

Filmed between 1987 and 1989, Paris is burning explores the world of New York drag balls and voguing competitions.


DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital


In English, with optional Spanish subtitles

ISBN: 0788861492 9780788861499

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Transvestites--Social life and customs--New York (State)--New York
Drag balls--New York (State)--New York
Gay men--Social life and customs--New York (State)--New York
Voguing (Dance)--New York (State)--New York
African American gay men--Social life and customs--New York (State)--New York
Dance--Competitions--New York (State)--New York
Marginality, Social--New York (State)--New York

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs

Dewey Class. No.: 306.778 / PAR 2005