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Paris Is Burning
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Paris Is Burning (1990)8.5 /10

R (US) · UK, USA · English · 78 min · Aug 1991 · More  
Directed by:  Jennie Livingston

Storyline:  The 1980s LGBTQIA+ ballroom scene in New York shone a spotlight on impoverished Black and Latinx queer communities. Through activities such as voguing, forming 'houses', and competing in fierce categories, they claimed a space for themselves in a world that excluded them. By fighting for identity and recognition through creativity, the queer community showed how they survived in a hostile heteronormative society.

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