“This film is the truth: it is the reality of our culture and Black culture and who we are as humans,” says filmmaker D Smith of her documentary Kokomo City, an intimate snapshot of Black trans sex workers in New York and Georgia. Refreshing and often funny, the film shows the reality of four women’s lives – “stripped down, no politics, no talking points” – via the lens of a fellow Black trans woman.
A first-time filmmaker, Smith previously had a career as a Grammy-winning music producer, working was a second chance for me.”