Winner of the NEXT Innovator Award and NEXT Viewers Award out of this yr’s Sundance Film Festival and the Viewers Award within the Berlinale’s Panorama Documentary part, a brand new trailer for Kokomo Metropolis arrives forward of its theatrical launch later this summer time. Directed by D. Smith (greatest referred to as a producer, singer and songwriter earlier than pivoting to filmmaking), Kokomo Metropolis is her debut function.
The doc facilities on 4 Black trans intercourse employees residing in New York Metropolis and Atlanta—Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell, and Dominique Silver—who element the character of their livelihood with humor and honesty. Tragically, topic Koko Da Doll was murdered in Atlanta this previous spring, a dismal reminder of the fixed risk of violence that Black trans girls disproportionately face. Learn Smith’s touch upon her loss of life here.
Kokomo Metropolis hits theaters on July 28 from Magnolia Footage. Watch the trailer above.
