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Paris Is Burning
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Release Date:
August 1991 (USA) more
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Having a ball...wish you were here
Plot:
This is a documentary of 'drag nights' among New York's underclass. Queens are interviewed and observed preparing for and competing in many 'balls'... more | add synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
October. It's a Wrap.
 (From FilmExperience. 31 October 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)

Screen Queens: Paris Is Burning
 (From FilmExperience. 17 October 2009, 12:30 PM, PDT)

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It's Ball Time in NYC more (25 total)

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Also Known As:
The Children Are (USA) (working title)
To Be Real (USA) (working title)
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71 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Dorian Corey: I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better to just enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you. more
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References Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) more
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Got To Be Real more

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It's Ball Time in NYC, 30 March 2003
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Author: Jahlaune (jahlaune@yahoo.com) from United states

An excellent documentry. I personally remember this growing up in NYC in the early 80's. This movie is for anyone that wasn't around during that time period.This shows the one thing the African American Gay Underclass felt was solely theirs and the love and camadrie you see is real. The people are real and sadly few are still alive as this is being written. The balls are still held but not to the extent that they were in the the nineteen eighties. That time is gone forever. This is a good pre "homo thug" movie. When Queens were really proud to be extroverts. Goodbye to Storyville this is another era gone but greatly documented all hail film!

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