Budget
$500,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$3,905,297
Opening weekend US & Canada
$310,127
Gross worldwide
$3,905,297
Paris Is Burning
"Is Paris Burning?" is a documentary directed by Jenny Livingston, starring Carmen and Brooke, André Christian, Dorian Corey, etc. It was released on September 13, 1990.
The film tells the secret journey of a group of black and Hispanic drag queens.
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- Release date August 1991
- Filming locations New York City, New York, USA
- Production companies Art Matters Inc., BBC Television, Edelman Family Fund
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By Jennifer 2022-12-14 02:05:53
"I remember my dad used to say that you have three strikes against the world. Every black man has two that they're just black and they're a male. But you are black andd you're a male and you're gay . You're gonna have a hard fucking time. If you're gonna do this, you're gonna have to be strong than you've ever imagined." "you walk in you feel 100% right being gay. It's not like that in the world. You know, it should be like that in the world." "Spotlights." "I have to have that because I...
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By Alexanne 2022-12-02 22:08:11
Paris is Burning: Conquering the Land of Beauty
When the luxury shopping platform Farfetch exclusively introduced the fashion brand Faith Connexion this spring, it quoted the title of the documentary Paris Is Burning to describe the grand occasion of the Paris International Garment Fair. So I looked for this film more than 20 years ago and found that many vocabularies and behaviors that exist in mainstream pop culture today are rooted in the...
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By Kaci 2022-10-31 06:59:52
Femininity under masculine characteristics
girl you gotta have this gay energy
Love the way Pepper said that whats good about being a women? Thanks to that I am smart. The femininity that occasionally flashes under masculinity is so charming and everyone is so beautiful
I really like to watch the documentary. This one is especially good. The people in it are too fresh to act or speak very well, especially their own.
It's so fresh that your heart...
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By Tracey 2022-09-09 05:50:19
"Paris is Burning": This is (not) a film for everyone.
In this documentary focusing on sexual minorities, these so-called "marginal groups" show repeated inversions of mainstream vision.
In class, I talked about documentary and real issues. The main theme of the documentary is to show reality, but reality is presented here as a kind of "performance". The life of Drag Queen is obviously more "unreal" than the experience of daily life. But in all the interviews, dialogues, and dance parties, we all clearly felt that only in this seemingly... -
By Jeffery 2022-08-19 18:53:10
Pepper LaBeija: This is white America. Any other nationality that is not of the white set, knows this and accepts this till the day they die. That is everybody's dream and ambition as a minority-to live and look as well as a white person . It is pictured as being in America. Every media you have; from TV to magazines, to movies, to films... I mean, the biggest thing that minority watches is what? "Dynasty" and "The Colbys". Umm, "All My Children"-the soap operas. Everybody has a million-dollar...
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By Timmy 2023-09-25 17:09:35
New York drag ball in the 1980s, black, same-sex/transgender. The world is not bent or straight, only rich and...
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By Brandy 2023-09-18 19:34:48
I watched it in 19 years and now make up the mark. Although glamor in the world of marginalized groups in this society seems more like a kind of self-entertainment in the mainstream society, although there are all kinds of embarrassing hardships and social problems that are hidden behind every chase story and reflect all kinds of intractable social problems, But I think the most moving part is that, as long as there is a certain space for free control, no matter how unsatisfactory the...
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By Stephon 2023-09-13 06:41:40
Black brothers look good in whatever they wear ✪ ω ✪ There are also many documentary directors filming RuPaul's videos on YouTube. They are very nostalgic and can watch them all day in bed....
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By Hosea 2023-09-02 18:22:51
The life of the underground is really live, it's not like the struggling people are strangled by the machine, and finally the edges and corners are ground into the shape of qualified screws. what a dull...
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By Marcelina 2023-08-18 13:41:57
Ground-breaking... The queer subculture of the African-American and Latino gay/trans communities in New York in the 1980s grew out of a brutal life. I saw the prototype of "Pose", and by the way, I learned about the life of Jennie Livingston, another role...
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Dorian Corey: I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better to just enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you.
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Pepper LaBeija: This is white America. Any other nationality that is not of the white set, knows this and accepts this till the day they die. That is everybody's dream and ambition as a minority - to live and look as well as a white person. It is pictured as being in America. Every media you have; from TV to magazines, to movies, to films... I mean, the biggest thing that minority watches is what? "Dynasty" and "The Colbys". Umm, "All My Children" - the soap operas. Everybody has a million-dollar bracket. When they showing you a commercial from Honey Grahams to Crest, or Lestoil or Pine-sol - everybody's in their own home. The little kids for Fisher Price toys; they're not in no concrete playground. They're riding around the lawn. The pool is in the back. This is white America. And when it comes to the minorities; especially black - we as a people, for the past 400 years - is the greatest example of behavior modification in the history of civilization. We have had everything taken away from us, and yet we have all learned how to survive. That is why, in the ballroom circuit, it is so obvious that if you have captured the great white way of living, or looking, or dressing, or speaking - you is a marvel.
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Octavia St. Laurent: I'm not looking for anything. I think all men are dogs. I honestly do. You know, every man starts barking sooner or later.
