"Voguing (Danse) New York (État) New York." . . "Audio Ciné Films, inc." . . "Bals de travestis New York (État) New York." . . "Off White Productions." . . "Bronx (New York, N.Y.)" . . "C/FP Distribution." . . "Danse." . . . . "Miramax Home Entertainment (Firme)" . . "Mode vestimentaire." . . "Harlem (New York, N.Y.)" . . "Travestis New York (État) New York." . . "Paris is burning." . . "Feature films." . . "Livingston's film on the drag balls of Harlem provides a window into a complex American subculture composed of Black and Latino gay men. The balls are not merely runway parades but fashion competitions undertaken by various \"houses\" (\"gay street gangs\") headed by a \"legendary\" mother who has won numerous trophies and acquired status in the world of the gay ball performance. Competing in various categories - schoolboy/schoolgirl, executive, military, town and country - the participants aim for \"realness,\" that is, becoming indistinguishable from their counterparts in the straight world. By replicating those \"types\" which help define the dominant culture, the models deconstruct and subvert those who have ostracized and persecuted them. Another integral component of the ball is \"voguing,\" an acrobatic dance form which appropriates the modeling poses in Vogue magazine and through which rival house members engage each other in overtly confrontational contests. Livingston's study co-mingles ball scenes and interviews with the subculture's \"children\" and veteran \"mothers\" who discuss the balls' joyful flamboyance as well as their more painful underpinnings. (Does not circulate)." . "Film documentaire (Descripteur de forme)" . . . . . . . "Reveals New York City's community of minority drag queens where competitive \"balls\" and fashion are the source of pride and self-affirmation." . "Motion picture depicts behind-the-scenes story of the young men of Harlem who originated \"voguing.\"" . . . . . . . . . "\"An unblinking behind-the-scenes story of fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created 'voguing' and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of fierce personal pride\"--Container." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Nonfiction films" . "Nonfiction films"@en . "Paris's burning"@en . . . "Story of the young men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream." . "Story of the young men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream."@en . . . "Paris is burning [dvd]" . "Documentary about gay street gangs in New York and the Harlem Balls, where the contestants compete in drag for various categories including Best Dressed Butch Queens, Evening Wear and Executive. Made over three years between 1986 and 1989 it portrays a section of society fighting back with ironic revenge on straight culture." . "Documentary films"@en . . "Documentary films" . "Feature films"@en . "Feature films" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Uncovers the world New York City's black latino gay culture and celebrates its colourful personalities and their aspirations centring on their drag balls, spanning the years 1985-1989." . . "Features"@en . "Features" . . . . . . . . . "Paris is burning"@en . "Paris is burning" . . . . . . . "Documentary about the young homosexual men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a dream - to live for a moment in a fantasy world of high fashion, status and acceptance." . . . "\"Behind-the-scenes story of the young men of Harlem who originated 'voguing' and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream ... of high fashion status and acceptance\"--Container."@en . . . "Documentary film about gay black men who compete for prizes at drag balls." . "Paris is Burning" . . . . "Documentaries and factual films and video"@en . "Films for the hearing impaired" . . "Documentaries and factual films and video" . . . "\"Jennie Livingston's award-winning, critically-acclaimed documentary pays tribute to the vibrant subculture of New York's drag balls of the late 80's, an underground scene that famously became the inspiration for Madonna's 'Vogue'. This is where it all began; in the community halls of Harlem where flamboyant characters belonging to rival 'houses' gathered to compete on makeshift catwalks. Paris is burning is an intimate portrait of a time, a place and a community of outsiders finding expression, strength and pride in a world of their own creating.\"--Container."@en . . . . . . . . "\"A fascinating study of the world of drag balls where gay men, mostly black, realize their dreams by dressing up and posing like models. ... Long before Madonna discovered vogeuing [i.e. voguing?], it was being practiced at the Paris Ballroom in the Bronx. ... Besides vogeuing [sic], contestants may enter competitions for weightlifters, would-be executives, cadets, aspiring models and butch queens\"--Variety review, October 15, 1990."@en . . . . . "Documentary about the young homosexual men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The \"unblinking behind-the-scenes story of the fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created 'voguing' and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of fierce personal pride\" -- Container." . . . . . . . . . . . "Un documentaire sur les drag queens de New York. Des homosexuels noirs et des latinos se déguisent en femme et inventent une nouvelle danse imitant les poses des modèles sur les couvertures des magazines." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Beauty contests" . . . "Documentary about the young gay men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Drag-Queens à New York. Du théâtre plus vrai que la vie, des déguisements qui montrent bien que l'habit fait le moine. Ils s'appellent Les Enfants. Dans la vie, ils sont prostitués,coursiers, représentants. Dans les bals de Harlem, ils sont Krystle et Blake Carrington de la série \" Dynasty \". Leur réalité quotidienne est faite de discrimination et de pauvreté. Mais en se déguisant, à travers la danse et leurs performances, les gays noirs et hispaniques de Paris is Burning transcendent un monde et des images qui les excluent." . . "Set in New York in 1987, \"this movie is about the drag ball circuit & the gay community's involvement in it\" (sound track). The life, language & fashion of Harlem's gay subculture, the black & Hispanic transvestites whose art is to imitate life, particularly the life that excludes them. Contains interviews."@en . . "The \"unblinking behind-the-scenes story of the fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created 'voguing' and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of fierce personal pride\"--Container."@en . . . . . . "Personal/independent films and video" . "Personal/independent films and video"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sociological films and video (Nonfiction)" . . . . . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Paris brennt" . . . . . . . "Set in New York in 1987, \"this movie is about the [drag] ball circuit & the gay community's involvement in it\" (sound track). The life, language & fashion of Harlem's gay subculture, the black & Hispanic transvestites whose art is to imitate life, particularly the life that excludes them. Contains interviews. Background notes & full summary on case-slip."@en . . . . . "\"A fascinating study of the world of drag balls where gay men, mostly black, realize their dreams by dressing up and posing like models. ... Long before Madonna discovered vogeuing [i.e., voguing?], it was being practiced at the Paris Ballroom in the Bronx. ... Besides vogeuing [sic], contestants may enter competitions for weightlifters, would-be executives, cadets, aspiring models and butch queens\"--Variety review, October 15, 1990." . "A documentary about the young homosexual men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream."@en . "A documentary about the young homosexual men of Harlem who originated \"voguing\" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream." . . . . . . . . . "Documentaire over de subcultuur van de New Yorkse travestieten en transsexuelen eind jaren '80, een scene met geheel eigen normen en taalgebruik." . "New York (N.Y.)" . . "Travesti." . . "Homosexuels noirs américains New York (État) New York." . . "Academy Maverick." . . "Homosexuel." . . "Prestige (Firme)" . . "Cineglobe Video Inc." . . "Homosexuels américains d'origine latino-américaine New York (État) New York." . . "Travsvestism." . .