Explore the power of dance in an intoxicating portrait of a club scene in the heart of Manchester. (BFI Flare 2019) | dG1fQlJQVmVKMFJJZHM
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00:00We are heading into a time of rebellion.
00:07Punk, anarchy, queer, filthy, sexy, kind of taboo.
00:14It literally is Paris Fashion Week on crack.
00:17They needed an escape, they needed somewhere to go where they were accepted, where they
00:22could be completely free.
00:23The ball started in Harlem.
00:26This goes on all around the world, but we've brought it here.
00:31Every single one of us can be more than people see on the outside.
00:37What you do for a living, doesn't matter who you are, it's all forgotten in that one night
00:41and you are just there to walk and to own it.
00:44The celebration of the textures of what different types of beautiful freaks are out there in
00:50the world.
00:52The ability to be strong in the face of adversity comes from Vogue and that moment to be unashamed.
01:00The representation is a great one, it just shows that we're not all just angry and black.
01:07Anyone that feels like they're not safe or they can't be themselves needs somewhere,
01:10they need that safe place, they need somewhere they can belong.
01:15The Vogue Ball is just where gay, straight, male, female, black, white, all young come
01:21together and then just go, you know what, fuck it, let's celebrate and dance.