KOKOMO CITY

FRI MAY 5 | 9:00 PM | ARK LODGE CINEMAS
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KOKOMO CITY
2023; United States; D. Smith; 73-minutes

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.

This film contains the following content warnings:
VULGAR LANGUAGE, NUDITY, DISCUSSION OF TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE, DRUG USE, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS

screening with

AN AVOCADO PIT - VIRTUAL USA ONLY
Ary Zara; 2023; Portugal; 19 min.
Portuguese 
Larissa, a trans woman, and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night on the streets of Lisbon. Two people, with two vastly different realities, come together to dance their differences away till morning light.
Content warnings: Vulgar language