queer film • jersey city

For October’s Film Club, we’ll focus our discussion on I’m Your Venus (2024), a followup to the groundbreaking documentary, Paris is Burning.

 

Paris is Burning (1990) was filmed over a six-year period during the golden years of the 1980’s Ballroom culture of New York City. Considered one of the most important films of LGBTQ history, Jennie Livingston’s acclaimed documentary puts a spotlight on the Harlem scene which inspired Madonna’s Vogue, the FX series Pose, and the recent Off-Broadway theater hit, Cats: the Jellicle Ball.

 

I’m Your Venus, filmed in Jersey City and Manhattan, revisits the most tragic storyline from Paris is Burning as three brothers try to understand the legacy of their sister, Venus who hailed from the House of Xtravaganza.

 

Watch Paris is Burning on Apple TV, Hulu, Max, Prime Video, or YouTube.

 

Watch I'm Your Venus on Netflix.

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Chillfest is partnering with Stonewall National Museum & Archives (SNMA) for a monthly Film Club. Chillfest programmers, John Catania and Charles Ignacio select films for members to screen at home and then meet on Zoom to discuss and critique. Zoom link information will be provided after joining the group.

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TO JOIN THE FILM CLUB:

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1) Become a member of Stonewall National Museum & Archives, a vital organization preserving LGBTQ+ history for nearly 50 years. An Individual membership is just $35. Join here.​

2) Email with subject "Join Film Club" to inquiry@stonewall-museum.org for Zoom link

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Once an SNMA member there is no fee to be part of the Film Club or Chillfest. Because of their collection of LGBTQ+ films, Film Club members will be expected to have a Netflix account and have access to YouTube.