Paris Is Burning vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Paris Is Burning). Paris Is Burning is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 30m. Paris Is Burning is the older of the two (1991 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Paris Is Burning
Yalla Habibi!| Paris Is Burning | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Jennie Livingston | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Pepper LaBeija, Octavia St. Laurent, Venus Xtravaganza, Dorian Corey, Willi Ninja | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
Synopsis
Paris Is Burning
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism…
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
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