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Paris Is Burning
Jennie Livingston
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Film 1990
Paris Is Burning
ballroom inheritancehouse-mother witness80s NYC radiance
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
Synopsis
Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.
Themes & sensibilities
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Editorial note
Reroutes the urban isolation thread into music so the line keeps moving.
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Why this work is here
Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.
Selected for cultural longevity · regional significance · editorial selection · thematic depth
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