Kokomo City

description

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.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sundance 2023
SXSW 2023
Berlinale 2023

DIRECTOR'S BIO
D. Smith is a two-time Grammy-nominated songwriter-producer who produced and is featured on "Shoot Me Down" from Lil Wayne's 8x platinum album Tha Carter III and wrote and produced the No. 1 Billboard dance single "Love Yourself" by Billy Porter. She made history as the first trans woman cast on a primetime unscripted TV show. This is Smith's directorial feature film debut.