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Barry Swimar is known for Paris Is Burning (1990) and The Watermelon Woman (1996).
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Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. [ 2] . Filmed in 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. [ 3]
Jun 18, 2019 · The quintessential documentary on the New York ballroom scene’s 1980s–1990s heyday transformed the culture, and its subjects. With a big screen re-release under way, director Jennie Livingston ...
Paris Is Burning. Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene.
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Barry Swimar is known for Paris Is Burning (1990) and The Watermelon Woman (1996).
Barry Swimar, Alexandra Juhasz, Cheryl Dunye, Zoe Leonard. Cheryl Dunye, Cheryl Dunye, Doug Mckeown. Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker. 81 minutes. = 146. Acclaimed filmmaker Cheryl Dunye takes centre stage in this ode to love, community and the past.
Set in Philadelphia, THE WATERMELON WOMAN is the story of Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a twentysomething black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a beautiful and elusive 1930s black film actress popularly known as “The Watermelon Woman.”
