Oct 14

Utah Film Center’s Black, Bold & Brilliant film series presents “Kokomo City” at Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival

Presented by Utah Film Center at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

As part of our Black, Bold & Brilliant series, Utah Film Center, in partnership with KRCL, is excited to announce our upcoming film screening and post-discussion of Kokomo City at Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival. Join us Saturday, October 14th at 5:30 pm at the Jeanné Wagner Theatre at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.

In the wildly entertaining and refreshingly unfiltered documentary, Kokomo City filmmaker D. Smith passes the mic to four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell, and Dominique Silver – who unapologetically break down the walls of their profession. Holding nothing back, the film vibrates with energy, sex, challenge, and hard-earned wisdom. This vital portrait, edited and shot by Smith in bold black and white, is her feature directorial debut. A two-time Grammy-nominated producer, singer, and songwriter, Smith made history as the first trans woman cast on a primetime unscripted TV show. Executive produced by Lena Waithe, Kokomo City won the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT Innovator Award and NEXT Audience Award, as well as the Berlinale’s Audience Award in the Panorama Documentary section.

We invite you to stay after the screening for a post-film discussion with the Black, Bold & Brilliant team.

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