The Furor Over ‘Paris Is Burning’ Raises Burning Questions: thoughts on the future of documentary filmmaking

The Furor Over ‘Paris Is Burning’ Raises Burning Questions: thoughts on the future of documentary filmmaking

By Wendy Levy

Heather Dockray’s recent article on BrooklynBased.com ("Why Celebrate Brooklyn’s Paris Is Burning Screening Sparked a Fire on Facebook") brings to light the controversy about an upcoming screening of documentary classic "Paris Is Burning," by Jennie Livingston.