Paris Is Burning Blu-ray
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'Paris is Burning' Director: Jennie Livingston (1990) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | Director-approved 2K restoration |
Strike a pose! Landmark documentary, filmed over several years, portraying the drag-ball scene in Harlem, New York. Rival 'houses' fiercely compete by displays of voguing in costume. The competitors and their travails are portrayed with warmth.
Special features include:
- New conversation between Livingston, ball community members Sol Pendavis and Freddie Pendavis, and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris
- Over an hour of never-before-seen outtakes
- Audio commentary from 2005, featuring Livingston, ball community members Freddie Pendavis and Willi Ninja, and film editor Jonathan Oppenheim
- New interview with LGBT film historian Jenni Olson
- Episode of The Joan Rivers Show from 1991, featuring Livingston and ball community members Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Freddie Pendavis, and Ninja
