Paris Is Burning

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 18m
  •  (1)
  • 82

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Jennie Livingston

Release Date:

Aug 1, 1991

Runtime:

1hr 18m

Synopsis

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

Cast

  • Brooke Xtravaganza
  • André Christian
  • Dorian Corey
  • Paris Duprée
  • Pepper LaBeija
  • Junior LaBeija
  • Willi Ninja
  • Sandy Ninja
  • Kim Pendavis
  • Freddie Pendavis

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Metacritic

82
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Based on 21 Critics
6.9

USER SCORE (7)

Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Reviews
89

As much a movie about class, race, and sexual orientation as anything you've ever seen.

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Metacritic review by Steve Davis
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle
75

One emerges from this film not only with a new vocabulary and a fresh way of viewing the straight world but with a bracing object lesson in understanding what society “role models” are all about.

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
75

What I saw was a successful attempt by the outsiders to dramatize how success and status in the world often depend on props you can buy, or steal, almost anywhere - assuming you have the style to know how to use them.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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