At the beginning of Paris is Burning, a man expressed that members of the LGBTQ members participate in ball because it’s as high of fame they expect to get, being a queer person in America. In t...Read More
In the 1980s, living as an LGBTQ person was not easy. At the height of the AIDS crisis, people were turning to the LGBTQ community as scapegoats for the spread of it, with people even calling it “ga...Read More
Film is a business. With major directors and actors, the questions and dramas involving how much they are paid are center stage, with high profile actors unafraid to hide that being financially snubbe...Read More
Jennie Livingston’s Paris is Burning is widely regarded as necessary in distribution, all the while garnering scrutiny in execution. Livingston’s direction and narrative exposed a wider ...Read More
I’ve learned about cultural appropriation for years in my classes and through conversations. We have all see the ways in which white people have appropriated elements of different cultures such as B...Read More
This mini movie compilation is one that I appreciate greatly in its simplicity and creative imagination. The creative elements are so random, yet make sense and conveys accurately to the audience Bill...Read More
Paris is Burning (Livingston, 1990) is a documentary that showcases the livelihood, ambitions, and conflicts in the drag queen community in New York City in the late 80’s. The late 1980s w...Read More
As a documentary film that recorded the history and development of ball games in New York city in the 80s, Paris is Burning reveals the obstacles faced by the group that is “black, male and gay” f...Read More
Last Friday, I traveled fifteen minutes to see Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023) on the big screen. The film is classic Scorsese. It clocks in at 3 hours and 26 minutes with elaborate stor...Read More
Documentaries, like any other genres of film, utilizes different forms to oftentimes convey different messages toward their intended audiences. To define category simply, it is basically the way indiv...Read More
