StorePast Event
The Bronx is Voguing: 1040 Lounge
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Date:
Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 6:30pm–9:00pm
Price: FREE
Visual AIDS Event
In honor of its 25th Anniversary, the film, Paris is Burning was screened at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The film was followed by a Q&A led by BronxWorks’ Sexual Health Promotion Through Youth Leadership youth and a Voguing Workshop led by Visual AIDS Artist Member Kia Labeija. The iconic and landmark film provides a dynamic and intimate portrait of the Harlem drag balls of the 1980s, where rival fashion “houses” competed for trophies and cash prizes in categories like “face,” “femme queen realness” and "voguing." Winner of a Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Paris is Burning celebrates how African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender New Yorkers, for whom racism, poverty, and homophobia were daily struggles, created a world of sustenance and joy. Presented in collaboration with The Bronx Museum of the Arts and BronxWorks.
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