Variety reports that Paris Is Burning, the classic 1990 documentary and Blackstone's Commentaries of Jezebel's own Shade Court, is set to receive another award. The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking has granted the movie its 2015 Legacy Award. Previous winners include Grey Gardens and The War Room.
Conservative Male Politician to Offer Classes on How to Be a Proper Lady
Women of Brooklyn, are your manners feeling not-so-fresh? Well, state Senator Marty Golden may be just the douche you need to make sure you don't leave a bad taste in the mouths of future potential employers who are looking for a lady who can walk and talk like how ladies are supposed to walk and talk. That's right —…
The Best Documentary About Black Lesbian Strip Clubs You'll See Today
"The club, it's like a whole 'nother world," says Ronnie, the founder of Shakedown, an underground Los Angeles striptease dance party run by and for black lesbians. Director Leilah Weinraub has spent eight years filming Shakedown and its key players.
R.I.P. Octavia St. Laurent
St. Laurent stole the show in Jennie Livingston's documentary Paris Is Burning, and also appeared in update film How Do I Look. In this vintage clip, she gushes over Paulina Porizkova. [La Daily Musto, YouTube]
Tyra: Gays In The Hood
Yesterday, Tyra Banks took a look at the struggles that gay teens in economically-depressed areas of NYC have to face, like harassment, ridicule, and hate crimes. She actually made the trek up to Spanish Harlem to visit with one teen and hear his story. For some reason — because it's her only point of reference? —…
