Paris Is Burning
100
New York's Black and Latino drag-ball scene of the 1980s — the houses, the voguing, the shade, the dreams of realness — captured in all its fierce, fragile glory.
Why watch: Won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Preserved in the National Film Registry.
Cast
Pepper LaBeija as Self
Octavia St. Laurent as Self
Venus Xtravaganza as Self
Dorian Corey as Self
Willi Ninja as Self
Paris Dupree as Self
Freddie Pendavis as Self
Sol Williams Pendavis as Self
Junior LaBeija as Self
Angie Xtravaganza as Self
Carmen Xtravaganza as Self
Brooke Xtravaganza as Self
Kim Pendavis as Self
Sandy Ninja as Self
Avis Pendavis as Self
Crew
Jennie Livingston — Director
Jennie Livingston — Producer
Barry Swimar — Producer
Nigel Finch — Executive Producer
Madison Davis Lacy — Executive Producer
Paul Gibson — Director of Photography
Jonathan Oppenheim — Editor
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