PARIS IS BURNING (1990)

The trailer for 1990’s PARIS IS BURNING. Directed by Jennie Livingston and featuring Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Paris Duprée, Dorian Cory, Pepper LaBeija, Junior LaBeija, Will Ninja, Sandy Ninja, Kim Pendavis, Freddie Pendavis, Sol Pendavis, Avis Pendavis, Octavia Saint Laurent, and Stevie Saint Laurent.

The plot summary is as follows:

A documentary of New York's LGBT scene in the 1980s, showing the real life of poor Black and Latin LGBT people, introduce the ballrooms, the categories, the houses, the voguing, and the dreams and ambitions of these people who are systematically excluded from society, they fight to conquer the right to be and to reinvent themselves in a world starring straight and white people. They use the balls to show their creativity, have fun with their community and family, shining, and having their names recognized in the ballroom scene.

PARIS IS BURNING is currently streaming on HBO Max and on The Criterion Channel and is available for digital rent/purchase on Apple TV.