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Information
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 71 min.
- Director
- Jennie Livingston
- Genre
- Documentary
- Rating *
- 8.1
- Votes *
- 3,359
- Checks
- 2,593
- Favs
- 312
- Dislikes
- 9
- Favs/checks
- 12.0% (1:8)
- Favs/dislikes
- 35:1
Top comments
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clera
Highly recommended look into the 1980's Harlem gay, Black and Hispanic underground ball scene. The creation of "vouging." 11 years 1 month ago -
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David Giancarlo
I am so shocked that a film this popular, enduring and iconic does not appear in any top lists! 12 years 7 months ago
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Login to see which of your friends have seen this movie!In 12 official lists
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This movie ranks #5 in BFI Flare's The Best LGBTQ+ Films of All Time
BFI Flare's The Best LGB…
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This movie ranks #36 in IMDb's Documentary Top 50
IMDb's Documentary Top 50
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This movie ranks #39 in BBC's The 100 Greatest Films Directed by Women
BBC's The 100 Greatest F…
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This movie ranks #69 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
Sight & Sound's The Grea…
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This movie ranks #74 in iCheckMovies's 1990s Top 100
iCheckMovies's 1990s Top…
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This movie ranks #79 in BFI's 100 Documentary Films
BFI's 100 Documentary Fi…
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This movie ranks #99 in Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction Films
Harvard's Suggested Film…
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This movie ranks #177 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
Sight & Sound's The Grea…
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This movie ranks #459 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest F…
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This movie ranks #650 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
The New York Times's Boo…
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This movie ranks #748 in Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Library of Congress's Na…
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This movie ranks #1243 in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection
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