Paris Is Burning
Year: 1990
Country: United States
Type: Feature
Form: Documentary
‘Some of them say that we’re sick, we’re crazy. And some of them think that we are the most gorgeous, special things on Earth.’
This landmark film documents the 1980s New York’s drag-ball scene. A joyful, intimate, and transcendent piece of cinematic history, as well as a painful insight into the peak of the AIDS crisis.
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