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PRAISE FOR QUEER FILM CLASSICS “Each book offers a close reading of an underrated film, which L u restores that film to its significance within queer history. The kinds c a PARIS IS BURNING of queerness at issue in these accounts are as distinct as the films’ s H respective styles, and it is in their powerful elaboration of the i l d relation between the two that the books, and the series, break new e r critical ground.” —Film Quarterly b r Lucas Hilderbrand a n Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston’s brilliant and award-winning d 1991 documentary, captures the energy, ambition, wit, and struggle of African-American and Latino participants in the 1980s New York drag ball scene. An unlikely hit when it was first released, the film is an energizing and moving portrait of urban P drag culture, introducing such memorable performers as Willi A R Ninja, Pepper Labeija, and Angie Xtravaganza. Paris Is Burning I S generated enthusiastic buzz from audiences and critics, as well as I S impassioned debate: did the film present a subversive perspective B on the crass values of the 1980s, or did it exploit its subjects and U R pander to privileged movie audiences? Regardless, the film is N considered one of the key films of the New Queer Cinema, and I N resonates with audiences to this day. G Author Lucas Hilderbrand contextualizes the film within the longer history of drag balls, the practices of documentary, the fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. ARSENAL PULP PRESS arsenalpulp.com Entertainment (Film) / LGBT ISBN 978-1-55152-519-8 $14.95 Canada / $14.95 US A QUEER FILM CLASSIC ParisBurning_Cover.indd 1 13-10-02 12:52 PM PARIS IS BURNING ParisBurning_interior.indd 1 13-10-02 12:51 PM Arsenal Pulp Press | Vancouver ParisBurning_interior.indd 2 13-10-02 12:51 PM PARIS IS BURNING A QUEER FILM CLASSIC Lucas Hilderbrand ParisBurning_interior.indd 3 13-10-02 12:51 PM PARIS IS BURNING: A Queer Film Classic Copyright © 2013 by Lucas Hilderbrand All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any part by any means— graphic, electronic, or mechanical—without the prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may use brief excerpts in a review, or in the case of photocopying in Canada, a license from Access Copyright. ARSENAL PULP PRESS Suite 202 – 211 East Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6A 1Z6 Canada arsenalpulp.com Efforts have been made to locate copyright holders of source material wherever possible. The publisher welcomes hearing from any copyright holders of material used in this book who have not been contacted. Queer Film Classics editors: Matthew Hays and Thomas Waugh Cover and text design by Gerilee McBride Edited for the press by Susan Safyan Cover image from the film Paris Is Burning used with permission of Jennie Livingston Author photograph by Richard Vos Printed and bound in Canada Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication: Hilderbrand, Lucas, 1975–, author Paris is burning : a queer film classic / Lucas Hilderbrand. (Queer film classics) Includes bibliographical references. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-55152-519-8 (pbk.).—ISBN 978-1-55152-520-4 (epub) 1. Paris is burning (Motion picture). 2. Gay men in motion pictures. 3. Gay men—New York (State)—New York— Social life and customs. I. Title. II. Series: Queer film classics PN1997.P37H54 2013 791.43'72 C2013-903254-1 C2013-903255-X ParisBurning_interior.indd 4 13-10-02 12:51 PM In memory of: Marcel Christian Dorian Corey Paris Dupree Willi Ninja Crystal Labeija Pepper Labeija Avis Pendavis Kim Pendavis Octavia Saint Laurent Angie Xtravaganza Danny Xtravaganza Hector Xtravaganza Venus Xtravaganza ParisBurning_interior.indd 5 13-10-02 12:51 PM ParisBurning_interior.indd 6 13-10-02 12:51 PM CONTENTS 9 | Acknowledgments 11 | Synopsis 13 | Credits 17 | Introduction: Love Is the Message 35 | One: Got to Be Real (The Film) 89 | Two: Deep in Vogue (Release) 119 | Three: Love Hangover (Debates) 147 | References 155 | Filmography 159 | Index ParisBurning_interior.indd 7 13-10-02 12:51 PM ParisBurning_interior.indd 8 13-10-02 12:51 PM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Portions of this book were researched at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library, the MoMA Film Study Center, the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, and the New York University Fales Library. Thanks to Jennie Livingston and Jonathan Oppenheim for generously participating in my research, and to Jim Hubbard at the MIX Festival, Matt Anderson at the Sundance Film Festival, and Basil Tsiokas at the New Festival for sharing festival documents. Thanks also to Allison McCracken, Joe Wlodarz, and Greg Youmans, as well as editors Tom Waugh, Matt Hays, and Susan Safyan, for feedback on drafts. 9 ParisBurning_interior.indd 9 13-10-02 12:51 PM

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