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Title Voguing : the message / Jack Walworth, David Bronstein, Dorothy Low
Published San Francisco, CA : Frameline, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (13 min.)
Series LGBT studies in video
Summary Voguing: The Message traces the roots of this gay, black and Latino dance form, which appropriates and plays with poses and images from mainstream fashion. Footage from voguing competitions demonstrate their parody of fashion shows and how contestants are rated on the basis of movement, appearance and costume. A pre-Madonna primer, the documentary raises questions about race, sex, subcultural style and appropriation
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed May 16, 2013)
Credits Producers, directors, David Bronstein, Dorothy Low, Jack Walworth
Performer Performers: Willi Ninja Field, Tanay Pendavis, Coco Extravaganza, Princess, Jose Extravaganza, Myra Field, Frankie Magnifique, Caesar Magnifique, Avid Pendavis, David Extravaganza, Connie Girl, International Crisis, Junior Magnifique, Frankie Extravaganza, Veronica Webb, Lisa Harington, Julie Jewels, Penny Extravaganza
Notes This edition in English
Subject Voguing (Dance) -- History
Voguing (Dance)
Genre/Form Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Courts métrages.
Form Streaming video
Author Bronstein, David, director, producer.
Low, Dorothy, director, producer.
Walworth, Jack, director, producer.
Frameline (Firm), film distributor.