Octavia St. Laurent
Oyuncu · 1964 – 2009 · The Bronx, New York, USA
Octavia St. Laurent Mizrahi was an American model and AIDS educator who was active in New York City's Black and Latino ballroom community and Harlem's luxurious balls. She came to public attention after being featured in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.
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Film8.0BelgeselTarih1980'li yıllardaki New York'taki uyuşturucu trafiğini ön plana alan yapım; bir grup kafadarın yaşam biçimini sunuyor. 80'li yılların sıcaklığını barındıran filmin yönetmen koltuğuna ise; ilk yönetmenlik deneyimini belgesel sinema üzerine yapan Jennie Livingston üstleniyor.
Paris Is Burning
1991 · 571 votes
Film7.8BelgeselAn investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Disclosure
2020 · 151 votes
Film7.5BelgeselTV MovieIt’s the resilience and love that keeps this community marching to the beat of its own drum; each generation redefining what it means to be queer and to be seen.
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022 · 4 votes
Film4.8BelgeselThe icons from the "Harlem Drag Balls" are influencing the biggest stars in pop culture for decades and they are telling their untold stories of their time. The creative lifestyle, fierceness and fabulousness, is the ultimate challenge in fashion, on the runway and dance floor for recognition and fame. Wolfgang Busch is capturing the creative way society's disenfranchised express themselves through movement and creativity.
How Do I Look
2006 · 5 votes
FilmBelgeselShort film starring founding member of the house of St Laurent; Octavia.
Film5.6BelgeselPortrait of the last year of the life of famous New York drag queen Consuela Cosmetic.
Mirror, Mirror
1996 · 6 votes