Calgary Public Library

Paris is burning, produced and directed by Jennie Livingston ; a production of Off White Productions, Inc

Originally released as a motion picture in 19902K digital restoration supervised by director Jennie LivingstonSpecial features on disc one: commentary soundtrack from 2005, featuring Jennie Livingston, ball community members Freddie Pendavis and Willi Ninja, and film editor Jonathan Oppenheim ; never-before-seen outtakes. On disc two: new conversation between Jennie Livingston, ball community members Sol Pendavis and Freddie Pendavis, and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris ; episodes of The Joan River show from 1991, featuring Livingston and ball community members Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Freddie Pendavis, and Ninja; Giselle Xtravaganza, a Latinx trans woman talks about the significance of Paris is burning; trailers; in booklet, an essay by filmmaker Michelle Parkerson and a 1991 review by poet Essex Hemphill

Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

multicolored

monaural

Cinematographer, Paul Gibson ; editor, Jonathan Oppenheim ; co-producer, Barry Swimar ; executive producers, Nigel Finch, Davis Lacy

other

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

9781681436982

videodisc

Featuring Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia Saint Laurent, Willi Ninja, Kim Pendavis, Freddie Pendavis, Andre Christian, Paris Dupree

2 videodiscs (76 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1134401083

DVD, NTSC; region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby monaural audio

715515241618

CC3119DDVD -- The Criterion Collection

DVD