"Paris is Burning"
- Artist/Author/Producer: Jennie Livingston, Miramax and the NEA
- Confronting Bodies: Dr. Ted Baehr's Christian Film and Television Commission
- Dates of action: 1992
- Location: New York City and Washington, DC
- Description of the Art Work
- A documentary film depicting homosexuality and gay balls in New York
City.
- Description of incident
- The Christian Film and Television Commission called for "all moral
Americans" to boycott Jennie Livingston's "Paris is Burning," charging
that it was a "homosexual propaganda film." Livingston received grants
from Art Matters, Inc., the New York State Council on the Arts, and the
NEA film and video program.
- Results of incident
- "Paris is Burning" received international attention and distribution.
The Commission continues to recommend local ratings boards for film.
Source: Artistic Freedom Under Attack 1992
