SIFF Presents: Paris Is Burning

September 20, 2019 @ 8:00 am - September 22, 2019 @ 5:00 pm

Made over seven years, Paris Is Burning offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza—Paris Is Burning brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community.

Details

Start:: September 20, 2019 @ 8:00 am
End:: September 22, 2019 @ 5:00 pm
Event Categories:: Arts & Entertainment, Film
Event Tags:: Paris Is Burning
Website:: https://www.siff.net/year-round-cinema/paris-is-burning?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebookevent&utm_campaign=parisisburning&fbclid=IwAR1oXOBMzGHuswt4KU8hcaWW-K7OlRkU3AVZv_QTJO_l9S4Js6ANzUWO0JA

Venue

: SIFF Cinema Uptown
: 511 Queen Anne Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109 United States + Google Map

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.