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I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14
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I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14

I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14

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I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:16
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
Ballroom, this was a space that was so affirming, - Disclosure 00:07
Ballroom, this was a space that was so affirming,
I've heard people say things like, - Disclosure 00:08
I've heard people say things like,
The problem is that there wasn't language for transmasculine communities at all. - Disclosure 00:05
The problem is that there wasn't language for transmasc...
I loved, in Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:06
I loved, in Paris Is Burning,
I just wanna be a rich somebody. - Disclosure 00:04
I just wanna be a rich somebody.
I understand, like, why it's important for, uh, specifically trans women of color - Disclosure 00:14
I understand, like, why it's important for, uh, specifi...
♪ Pepper LaBeija ♪ - Disclosure 00:04
♪ Pepper LaBeija ♪
I was a part of that family, - Disclosure 00:08
I was a part of that family,
Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real." - Disclosure 00:08
Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real."
There was a buzz around the film being made, - Disclosure 00:07
There was a buzz around the film being made,
How do you explain how other people - Disclosure 00:05
How do you explain how other people
Paris Is Burning is, like, their... their motto or something. - Disclosure 00:04
Paris Is Burning is, like, their... their motto or something...
What does it mean to go into cultures that you don't exist in - Disclosure 00:07
What does it mean to go into cultures that you don't ex...
And how do we have a critical relationship so that we learn? - Disclosure 00:04
And how do we have a critical relationship so that we learn?
I mean, you see a film like Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:08
I mean, you see a film like Paris Is Burning,
♪ Come on, vogue ♪ - Disclosure 00:24
♪ Come on, vogue ♪
I can be critical of Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:05
I can be critical of Paris Is Burning,
If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high, - Disclosure 00:07
If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high,
What I had learned from the world of the balls, - Disclosure 00:10
What I had learned from the world of the balls,
I'm living in my new pronoun that I've... "Stealth." - Disclosure 00:08
I'm living in my new pronoun that I've... "St...