Important Articles:

• “Paris Has Burned” from the New York Times.
• “Burning Down the House: Why the Debate Over Paris is Burning Still Rages On” from The Guardian.
• “Paris Doesn’t Always Have to Be Burning” from Public Books. (This article is excellent. It considers the alternate stories that could have been told in the film in light of the unseen footage that was publically released a few years ago.)

Unseen Footage:

Interview with the Cast of Paris is Burning by Joan Rivers (Interesting but also Uncomfortable)

Judith Butler’s Famous and Controversial Essay on Paris is Burning