Octavia St. Laurent

Octavia St. Laurent

Born: March 16, 1964
Died: May 17, 2009
in 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.

Movies for Octavia St. Laurent...

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Title: PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 9, 2022
Type: Movie
It’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.
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Disclosure
Title: Disclosure
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 19, 2020
Type: Movie
An 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.
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Paris Is Burning: The Outtakes
Title: Paris Is Burning: The Outtakes
Released: February 25, 2020
Type: Movie
A collection film of additional footage from Paris is Burning
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How Do I Look
Title: How Do I Look
Released: January 4, 2006
Type: Movie
The 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.
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Mirror, Mirror
Title: Mirror, Mirror
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Portrait of the last year of the life of famous New York drag queen Consuela Cosmetic.
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Octavia Saint Laurent: Queen of the Underground
Title: Octavia Saint Laurent: Queen of the Underground
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Short film starring founding member of the house of St Laurent; Octavia.
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Paris Is Burning
Title: Paris Is Burning
Character: Self
Released: March 13, 1991
Type: Movie
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, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.