'Paris Is Burning' Receives Cinema Eye Honor (EXCLUSIVE) — variety.com

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking has selected Jennie Livingston’s documentary “Paris Is Burning” for its 2015 Legacy Award. The 1990 film is a portrait of gender, race and culture in the waning days of New York City’s Drag Balls in the 1980s.  The award will be presented Jan. 6 as part of Cinema Honors Lunch in Manhattan. Livingston was an NYU student when she started filming “Paris is Burning.” Previous Legacy Award winners “Grey Gardens,” “Harlan County USA,” “Titicut Follies” and “The War Room” will also be celebrated at the event.

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