KOKOMO CITY

By D. SMITH

MAGNIFY - as SALES

LGBT - Completed 2023

Directed by two-time Grammy nominee D. Smith, KOKOMO CITY takes up a seemingly simple mantle — to present the stories of four Black transgender sex workers in New York and Georgia. Shot in striking black and white, the boldness of the facts of these women's lives and the earthquaking frankness they

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2023
Panorama Panorama Documentary Audience Award
Sundance 2023
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    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
    • Duration
    • 73 mn
    • Director(s)
    • D. SMITH
    • Producer(s)
    • D. SMITH, Harris DORAN, Bill BUTLER
    • Synopsis
    • Directed by two-time Grammy nominee D. Smith, KOKOMO CITY takes up a seemingly simple mantle — to present the stories of four Black transgender sex workers in New York and Georgia. Shot in striking black and white, the boldness of the facts of these women's lives and the earthquaking frankness they share complicate this enterprise, colliding the everyday with cutting social commentary and the excavation of long-dormant truths. Accessible for any audience, unfiltered, unabashed, and unapologetic, Smith and her subjects smash the trendy standard for authenticity, offering a refreshing rawness and vulnerability unconcerned with purity and politeness.