Ville de Kokomo

par D. Smith
Ce film sans complaisance, ludique et vital s'attarde sur quatre travailleuses du sexe transgenres qui partagent leurs réflexions et leurs expériences de la féminité noire.
2023  ·  1h13m  ·  United States
Anglais
À propos du film

Dans le documentaire très divertissant et rafraîchissant KOKOMO CITY, le réalisateur D. Smith passe le micro à quatre travailleuses du sexe transgenres noires d’Atlanta et de New York – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell et Dominique Silver – qui brisent sans hésitation les murs de leur profession. Ne reculant devant rien, le film vibre d’énergie, de sexe, de défis et de sagesse durement acquise.

Ce portrait essentiel, monté et filmé par Smith en noir et blanc, est son premier long métrage en tant que réalisatrice. Productrice, chanteuse et compositrice nommée à deux reprises aux Grammy Awards, Mme Smith est entrée dans l’histoire en devenant la première femme transgenre à participer à une émission télévisée non programmée diffusée en prime time. Produit par Lena Waithe, KOKOMO CITY a remporté le NEXT Innovator Award et le NEXT Audience Award du festival du film de Sundance, ainsi que le prix du public de la Berlinale dans la section Panorama Documentaire.

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Festivals et prix
2023
SXSW, Official Selection
2023
Berlinale, Official Selection
2023
Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection
Dans la presse
Article
Suyin HayesInternational Documentary Association
Critique
Hannah GiorgisThe Atlantic
Producteur.rice
Bill Butler
Producteur.rice
Harris Doran
Producteur exécutif
Lena Waithe
Producteur exécutif
Rishi Rajani
Producteur exécutif
Stacy Barthe
Producteur exécutif
William Melillo
À propos du cinéaste

D. Smith

D. Smith is a two-time Grammy nominated producer, singer, and songwriter and is now making her film debut as a director of the documentary KOKOMO CITY. Smith’s father was a world-renowned drummer, and she wrote her first song at 10 years-old for the choir at church in Miami, Florida. From 4th grade through High School, Smith was a visual arts student, winning multiple awards for her eye including winning the statewide NAACP Act So award for photography and the statewide Scholastics Congressional award for drawing and was flown to the Capital in D.C. where her work was displayed. After coming out to her father as a teen, Smith was kicked out her house and was taken in by a church member. After graduating High School, Smith used the last of her money on a one-way bus ticket to New York City. She then began singing in the subway where she was first discovered and offered a publishing deal from Sony ATV.

As a producer, Smith teamed with songwriter Stacy Barthe and they began placing records with major artists in the music business. Smith produced “Shoot Me Down” for Lil Wayne’s Carter III album which went 8 times platinum and performed with Lil Wayne on Jimmy Kimmel. Smith then signed a major publishing deal with Universal Music. She has produced and written for Cee-lo Green, Estelle, Katy Perry, Andre 3000, Monica, Lloyd, Fantasia, Nipsey Hussle, Ciara, Neyo, and Billy Porter. She has also collaborated with super producers like Timbaland and Marc Ronson. In 2014, Smith decided to walk in her truth and transition into the woman she always knew she was. She was unaware that living in her truth meant that she would have to sacrifice the thing she loved the most, which was making music for a living. People stopped calling. And eventually after running out of money and options, she knew she had to move on from the life she once knew. The silver lining came with the creation of KOKOMO CITY which has breathed new life into her. She devoted almost 3 years to it while crashing on different friends’ couches. All the while diving into the lives of four trans women who had a story to tell. Smith was over the moon to receive the call that KOKOMO CITY was to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

 

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