Filmmaker Mollie Mills follows the LGBT youth of Detroit's lesser-known vogue scene in the new Dazed documentary Vogue, Detroit, and examines the ways which the underground culture saves the lives of its pioneers by keeping them off the streets.

The short film is reminiscent of the 1991 doc Paris Is Burning, which introduced Harlem's ball scene to the masses, but there's a stark contrast in the characters of both films.

Over a third of Detroit is abandoned or derelict, and 60 percent of the city's youth are unemployed. It has a crime rate five times higher than the national average and, because of it, an LGBT population that's severely underrepresented.

The issues facing LGBT youth in Detroit make up a struggle that's unique to the residents of Detroit — one that's about survival in general rather than LGBT survival in a predominantly straight world.

The film's description reads:

Detroit, Michigan: known for it’s hulking, dilapidated skyline and skeletons of automobile factories left to rot. The ghosts of Motown lurk on street corners, and its suburbs that once housed 2 million people have witnessed a population that has steadily declined. "There's no denying the 'Detroit Decline' but I was curious to find the underbelly, what makes Detroit tick and how youth culture thrives," says Mollie Mills. "What you can't see but truly feel never left, is it's essence." That essence is hidden in the dance studios of 8 Mile and in backstreet bars that house a sparkling voguing culture.

Check out Vogue, Detroit in full below.