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I had seen Paris Is Burning when I was, like, 11
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I had seen Paris Is Burningwhen I was, like, 11, but I didn't really understand

I had seen Paris Is Burning
when I was, like, 11, but I didn't really understand

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I had seen Paris Is Burning when I was, like, 11,
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but I didn't really understand...
Duration
7 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:02
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.
What I was watching. I just saw beautiful people on the screen. - Disclosure 00:04
What I was watching. I just saw beautiful people on the scre...
♪ What you find-ah ♪ - Disclosure 00:12
♪ What you find-ah ♪
When it fully came to me for actual understanding, - Disclosure 00:09
When it fully came to me for actual understanding,
These are my sisters up here, but the struggle is real." - Disclosure 00:12
These are my sisters up here, but the struggle is real."...
It's just, there's so many iconic moments that allowed me to see myself - Disclosure 00:09
It's just, there's so many iconic moments that all...
And I'm as free as the wind that's blowing out on this beach. - Disclosure 00:06
And I'm as free as the wind that's blowing out on ...
And I remember seeing Paris Is Burning - Disclosure 00:07
And I remember seeing Paris Is Burning
♪ I am my own special creation ♪ - Disclosure 00:09
♪ I am my own special creation ♪
I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14. - Disclosure 00:04
I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14.
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