PARIS IS BURNING! Outdoors at the Black Box!

1060 Union Avenue,Kansas City MO 64101

09 September, 2021

Description

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s Paris is Burning was a landmark film in capturing the ball scene, drag culture, and trans/gender-nonconforming experiences of late 80s NYC and continues to be a rare record of the legendary, exhilarating innovation of the Black and Latinx queens who built 80s and 90s dance culture amidst state-sanctioned homophobia and transphobia and the AIDS crisis. Come early to chat with local LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations who will be tabling and sharing their work before the screening. Cocktails provided by The Black Box. Doors 8pm, Film at dusk BYO-Chair Stray Cat Film Center is an artist-run, non-profit micro-cinema. Organized by volunteer programmers, We screen everything from to documentaries to video art to cult films and is open to the entire range of moving image expressions – independent, activist, underground and bizarre. We are a space that supports all of KC’s cinematic communities and celebrates diversity of expression, fun & radical art.