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Paris Is Burning is a 1990 documentary film about a culture of drag in Harlem in the mid-1980s. A film, prefer a culture it depicts, centers around formal cases called balls, where shirtlifter competed for trophies awarded to the virtually all convincing performance of various "categories," including but not limited to "real women," "schoolboy/girl," "opulent" & "military" & others. These performances, within connection by using a socioeconomic marginalisation of the men's day-after-day peoples when lower-class shirtlifter of color, may be seen as a complex form of social critique.
Directed by Jennie Livingston, a film won many awards to include:
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Paris Is Burning Bibliography A short bibliography of cultural and academic writings on the film. Based on holdings at the UC Berkeley libraries. Chicago Sun-Times - Entertainment Roger Ebert's review. Discusses the phenomenon the film seeks to document, provides some description, and introduces the larger issues it raises. Rotten Tomatoes - Paris is Burning Reviews, information, quotes, and cast and crew. Movieline - Paris Is Burning Three-page review describing the content and some of its implications. Study Questions and Resources for Paris is Burning Study questions and bibliography for the film from a Harvard undergraduate course. IMDb - Paris Is Burning Overview, cast and crew details, awards, trivia, and promotional information. |
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