Watch trailer for Dolls on Film: Paris Is Burning & How Do I Look?
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Dolls on Film: Paris Is Burning & How Do I Look?
Dates with showtimes for Dolls on Film: Paris Is Burning & How Do I Look?
Thu, Aug 6
- Thu, Aug 6
Director: Jennie Livingston Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 1991
Starring: Dorian Corey, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja
This seminal documentary shines a spotlight on the New York Ballroom community as it existed in the 1980s. Paris is Burning delves into the lives of the Black and Latino, Gay men and Trans women who, despite being ignored and degraded by a society not built for
them, have inspired and contributed to our collective culture for decades to come with their iconic fashion, dance styles, and artistry. So come find out about 80s “gay world” and where most “gen z slang” really came from.
In 2006 How Do I Look? was produced by and for the Ballroom community to follow up with many of the legends featured in Paris is Burning as well as a new generation of children from Ball scene. It explores the influence that Ballroom had on art and entertainment over the years, as well as the impact that society had on Ball culture with events like the AIDS epidemic and the simultaneous exploitation and suppression of the LGBTQ community.