Paris Is Burning
Jennie Livingston / US, 1990 / 71 min.
This year, Sunsets’ outdoor screenings will be dedicated to female makers. Jennie Livingston focused on drag queens and Afro-American and Latino gays in New York in the 1980s in this groundbreaking documentary.
Paris is Burning has influenced countless genres and is still contemporary. The documentary not only constitutes an impressive portrait of drag queens and Afro-American and Latino queers and gays, it also criticises society and the media’s influence on prescribing how we should be.
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Director
Jennie Livingston
Production year
1990
Country
US
Original title
Paris Is Burning
Length
71 min.
Language
none
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Sunsets
Fancy enjoying a relaxed drink on a sultry summer evening while watching an exceptional film? Well you can, because this year once again we are screening films in the open air in the park next to the Eye building. This summer in our Sunsets screenings you can watch films in which the city is a character in itself.
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