Kiki
Explodes with energy, thanks in part to rattlesnake-taut dance tracks...but mostly from the Kiki kids themselves.
Kiki
In New York City, LGBTQ youth of color gather out on the Christopher Street Pier, practicing the performance-based art form Ballroom, which was made famous in the early 1990s by Madonna’s music video “Vogue” and the documentary “Paris Is Burning.” Twenty-five years after these cultural touchstones, a new and very different generation of LGBTQ youth have formed an artistic activist subculture, named the Kiki Scene.
KIKI follows seven characters from the Kiki community over the course of four years, using their preparations and spectacular performances at events known as Kiki balls as a framing device while delving into their battles with homelessness, illness and prejudice as well as their gains towards political influence and the conquering of affirming gender-expressions. In KIKI we meet Twiggy Pucci Garçon, the founder and gatekeeper for the Haus of Pucci, Chi Chi, Gia, Chris, Divo, Symba and Zariya. Each of these remarkable young people represents a unique and powerful personal story, illuminating the Kiki scene in particular, as well as queer life in the U.S. for LGBTQ youth of color as a whole.
KIKI follows seven characters from the Kiki community over the course of four years, using their preparations and spectacular performances at events known as Kiki balls as a framing device while delving into their battles with homelessness, illness and prejudice as well as their gains towards political influence and the conquering of affirming gender-expressions. In KIKI we meet Twiggy Pucci Garçon, the founder and gatekeeper for the Haus of Pucci, Chi Chi, Gia, Chris, Divo, Symba and Zariya. Each of these remarkable young people represents a unique and powerful personal story, illuminating the Kiki scene in particular, as well as queer life in the U.S. for LGBTQ youth of color as a whole.
Genre
Documentary,
LGBT,
African-American Experience
Runtime
94
Language
English
Director
Sara Jordenö
Awards:
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Nominee, Aveeno Truer than Fiction Award, Spirit Awards
Winner, Teddy Award ~ Best Feature Film, Berlin International Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
Twenty-five years after Jennie Livingston made Paris Is Burning, about the drag scene and voguing balls of 1980s New York, that ineffably fabulous underground culture pulses with fresh energy in Kiki. The big difference in Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordeno's vibrant documentary portrait is that it ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 2.24.17 - 3.02.17
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