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Review of by Owen Gleiberman for Entertainment Weekly — 12 Mar 2005

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Paris Is Burning is the most passionately empathetic piece of documentary filmmaking I’ve seen since Streetwise, the brilliant portrait of homeless teens in Seattle, and The Decline of Western Civilization Part II, Penelope Spheeris’ sly and galvanizing heavy-metal collage.

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This review of Paris Is Burning (1991) was written by and published by Entertainment Weekly on 12 Mar 2005.

Paris Is Burning has generally received very positive reviews.

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