About the film
Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed over a period of seven years from the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What it is about
Awards on record
- Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary