When Jennie Livingston’s landmark documentary about the Harlem ball scene was eventually released in 1991, it lent visibility to an influential and symbolic subculture of competitive voguing. The Balls provided an essential, safe and uniting space where Black and LatinX gay and trans communities came together to both escape and artistically confront the inequities of their everyday lives. A time capsule of resistance and celebration, set against the backdrop of a broken American dream, Paris is Burning was recently restored and remains essential viewing.

Queerly Beloved is presented in partnership with Paradise.

• • Grand Jury Prize Winner   Sundance Film Festival
  • “Nearly 30 years on, Paris still burns bright.” – POV Magazine
  • “An ultimately hopeful study of the search for personal wholeness.” – Slant Magazine