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PRIDE AT MAYSLES: PARIS IS BURNING 35th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING +BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN 

  • Maysles 343 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

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Sunday, June 8th, 2025 7:00-9:30PM

PRIDE AT MAYSLES: PARIS IS BURNING 35th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING +
BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN 

PARIS IS BURNING

Jennie Livingston, 1990, 78 min.  

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.


BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN

Nikki Elliot, 1967, 9 min. 

Produced several years before the historic Stonewall uprising for LGBTQ rights in 1969, director Nikolai Ursin’s gently-activist short Behind Every Good Man provides an illuminating glimpse into the life of an African-American trans woman.

+ Post-screening discussion with youth filmmakers from the Vanguard DocMakers program!  

 

Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price