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Documentaries like Paris Is Burning

Not everyone loves Paris Is Burning for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Paris Is Burning

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  1. You want the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words.

  2. You want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja.

  3. You want New York in the late 1980s as it was lived in Harlem.

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  • The Central Park Five2012

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want the Central Park case told carefully, with the facts.

  • Dallas Buyers Club2013

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you like true stories of people who fought the system.

  • The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson2017

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • New York in the late 1980s as it was lived in Harlem

    Good for you if you want to know who Marsha P. Johnson was beyond the Stonewall legend.

  • 9/112002

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want to see that morning as the firefighters lived it.

  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed2022

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you like a true fight against the family behind OxyContin.

  • Pray Away2021

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want the true story of conversion therapy told by those who led it.

  • Disclosure2020

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • New York in the late 1980s as it was lived in Harlem

    Good for you if you want trans people telling their own story of growing up with Hollywood.

  • Flee2021

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want a true story told by the person who lived it.

  • Dark Days2000

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want to see how people really lived under Manhattan.

  • Tupac: Resurrection2003

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want Tupac's life in his own voice, from his own interviews.

  • One of Us2017

    • the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words
    • you want to spend an hour with Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Willi Ninja

    Good for you if you want real people telling what leaving cost them.

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