Told through the voices and movements of the legends and pioneers of the '80s Harlem drag-ball scene, Paris Is Burning is an indispensable look at one of America's most influential subcultures of the last half-century.
How America's ur-ghetto, New York's Lower East Side, changed the way we see ourselves.
It's fairly astounding just how gracefully a very small, very personal story can turn into something much bigger, as Tamirat has done here.
A visceral, intelligent look at the economy of evictions in New York's outer boroughs.
