Absolute Cinema: Paris is Burning

Join Us at CREATE’s New Location!

CREATE and UWSP are teaming up for a monthly Revival House film series, featuring classic films from the Criterion Collection and beyond. Join us for a $5 Movie Night at CREATE Portage County! Free popcorn included!

This month’s screening is extra special as we partner with Point Pride to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community through the groundbreaking documentary Paris is Burning.

This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. 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, 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.

You may also like the following events from CREATE Portage County:

• Next Thursday, 5th June, 06:00 pm, Levitt AMP- Stevens Point in Stevens Point
• Next month, 21st June, 12:00 pm, Juneteenth Stevens Point in Stevens Point

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