No this isn't a sequel to Paris is Burning but a modern take on the whole diva Ball phenomenon that has recently had a huge revival thanks largely to Rupaul's Drag Race and various events happening al other the place.
The film is set within the Los Angeles ball culture and tells the story of Brad, our hero, who is thrown out of his dysfunctional home by his mother, Deondra. He steals his mother's car and travels into Los Angeles where, through a chance encounter, Brad, a little like Alice in Wonderland, stumbles into a noisy raucous, chaotic event and meets the ragtag members of the struggling House of Eminence.
Initially only looking for a place to sleep (and perhaps someone to sleep with), Brad ends up engaging with the colorful members of the house led by the indomitable house mother Queef Latina, herself an aging ball-legend and the fierce protectrice of her family. Laughter, tears, sex sirens, and butch queens remarkably, Brad ends up finding an extraordinary home and loving, caring family in this, the strangest of places.
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