<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Swimar, Barry]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Swimar, Barry]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/seattle/rss/search?query=Swimar%2C%20Barry&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:49:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Paris Is Burning]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 City₂s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion ₁houses,₂ from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty.]]></description><link>https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S30C3523264</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S30C3523264</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3523264030</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781681436982/MC.GIF&amp;client=sepup&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=715515241618</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Watermelon Woman]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl's own life as she navigates a new relationship with a white girlfriend. Balancing a breezy romantic comedy with a serious inquiry into the history of Black and queer women in Hollywood, The Watermelon Woman slyly rewrites long-standing constructions of race and sexuality on-screen, introducing an important voice in American cinema.]]></description><link>https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S30C4089565</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S30C4089565</guid><category><![CDATA[BLURAY]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4089565030</comments><format>BLURAY</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798886070446/MC.GIF&amp;client=sepup&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=715515285315</image_url></item></channel></rss>