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Kokomo City

Friday 4 August

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RTF Partner Cinemas

Coming up for #ReclaimTheFrame... The Sundance-winning debut from two-time Grammy nominee D. Smith, KOKOMO CITY. A stylish and vital portrayal of four Black Transgender sex workers. In their own words.

Kokomo City
Kokomo City

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Friday 4 August

RTF Partner Cinemas

About the event

In Cinemas 4 August 

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. 

KOKOMO CITY is available with Descriptive Subtitles (SDH) and Audio Description (AD). 

Catch a screening at #ReclaimTheFrame partner cinemas from Friday 4 August: 

HOME Manchester

Chapter Cardiff

Showroom Sheffield

Hyde Park Leeds

Glasgow Film Theatre

Broadway Nottingham

Doc House/ Curzon Bloomsbury

Picturehouse Cinemas

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