If you’re a fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race, then you’ll be familiar with 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning – however, it is so much more than just the inspiration for the show’s ‘reading’ challenge.ĭirected by Jennie Livingston, Paris Is Burning explores New York City’s house-ballroom scene in the late ‘80s, helmed by the African-American, Latino and LGBTQ+ communities in the Big Apple.
