Kiki (2016)

Directed by

Sara Jordenö

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

15

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows young LGBTQ people of color in New York City who participate in the ballroom scene. It shows their lives, their creativity in voguing and drag, and their activism for social change.

poignantintimatecelebrationresilientcommunity-focusedupbeatpersonaldocumentary-style

What happens

Kiki is a 2016 documentary film co-written and directed by Sara Jordenö. A co-production between the United States and Sweden, it takes place in New York City, and focuses on the "drag and voguing scene [and] surveys the lives of LGBT youth of color at a time when Black Lives Matter and trans rights are making front-page headlines". Considered an unofficial sequel to the 1990 documentary film Paris Is Burning, the film profiles several young LGBTQ people of colour participating in contemporary African-American LGBTQ ball culture. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2016. It was subsequently screened at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Teddy Award as the best LGBTQ-related documentary film. Jordenö was invited to create the film by Twiggy Pucci Garçon, a leader in the Kiki community in New York. She co-wrote the film with them. Jordenö was able to film her subjects over the course of several years. She was able to follow two of the film's subjects Gia Marie Love and Izana Vidal as they went through their own transitions as trans women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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