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Title Paris is burning / Miramax Films ; a production of Off White Productions, Inc. ; produced and directed by Jennie Livingston
Published Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2005]

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Description 1 videodisc (DVD) (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Summary A documentary about the young homosexual men of Harlem who originated "voguing" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream
Notes Originally released as a motion picture in 1990
Special features: feature commentary by Jennie Livingston, director/producer; Willie Ninja, Mother, House of Ninja; Freddie Pendavis, House of Pendavis and Jonathan Oppenheim, editor; never-before-seen outtakes
Credits Cinematographer, Paul Gibson ; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim
Cast Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Willi Ninja
Notes DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono
MPAA rating: R; for language and sexuality
Captioned for the hearing impaired ; optional subtitles in Spanish
Available to Deakin staff and students only
Subject Cross-dressers -- New York (State)
African American gays -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
Gays -- New York (State)
Dance -- Competitions -- New York (State) -- New York.
Subculture.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Author Livingston, Jennie.
Corey, Dorian, 1937-1993.
LaBeija, Pepper, 1950-2003.
Xtravaganza, Venus
Miramax Films.
Off White Productions, Inc.
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 0788861492