Documentary: PRIDE! Screening PARIS IS BURNING & Discussion In-Person
Join NYU Libraries for Documentary: PRIDE! A screening series highlighting LGBTQ+ documentary films from The Avery Fisher Center for Music & Media. This selection will be streamed from Kanopy. Popcorn will be served and after the film, we will have a film discussion.
PARIS IS BURNING
A film by Jennie Livingston (1990).
PARIS IS BURNING explores the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Showcasing the intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses" from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Livingston spent six years making PARIS IS BURNING and interviewed key figures in the ball world. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women such as Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.
Watch the trailer on YouTube.
As a part of NYU's commitment to global inclusion, our events and initiatives are open to individuals of all backgrounds and identities.
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 14, 2023
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Dibner Library, LC 433
- Audience:
- Faculty Students, Faculty, Staff
- Type:
- Library Event