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Paris is burning [videorecording]
- Title
- Paris is burning [videorecording]
- Publication
- c1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-1566 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Livingston, Jennie.
- Description
- 1 videocassette. 76 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Documentary on balls, competitions that combine elements of dance, fashion, and mimicry of the straight world, held in New York transvestite clubs patronized mainly by minorities. Representatives of various "houses" or homosexual family groups discuss aspects of the balls, particularly their relationship to fashion modeling and the rise of the dance form called voguing. The interviewees also discuss the role of the balls as an expressive outlet and a means of pursuing aspirations towards careers as models or dancers. The film is preceded by approx. 6 min. of previews.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Note
- Motion picture produced by Off-White Productions and released in 1991 by Prestige, a division of Miramax Films. Re-issued as a videotape in 1992 by Academy Entertainment. Producer/director: Jennie Livingston. Co-producer: Barry Swimar. Cinematography: Paul Gibson.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1566
- OCLC
- 26686592
- NYPY936046362-F
- Title
- Paris is burning [videorecording]
- Imprint
- c1992.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. Paris is burning.Drag balls.
- Local Subject
- Fashion shows.
- Local Subject
- Homosexuality and dance.
- Added Author
- Livingston, Jennie. Producer. Director
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1566