PARIS IS BURNING (1989)

JENNIE LIVINGTON

Documentary Blackness, Race & Ethnicity LGBTQI+Dance Recommended

Cast

SHARON IWAI SHARON M LEWIS NINJA

Plot

A documentary centred on the predominately gay parties of the Harlem 'houses' between 1985-89. Dragball contestants compete to win such coveted titles as 'Best dressed butch queens'. Exhibitionism, the desire for fame and its overlap with the gay scene is shown as never before.