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| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA constantly surprising, undeniably entertaining portrait that proves anything but monochromatic. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzImaginatively edited, sexually explicit, and filled with eloquent and often boisterous individuals of a sort who rarely get to claim a spotlight in documentaries, the trans sex worker portrait Kokomo City is a blast of creative freedom in an increasingly corporatized period of nonfiction filmmaking. |
| The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyePunchy delivery styles, shimmering personalities and kaleidoscopic perspectives make up the soul of D. Smith’s gutsy documentary Kokomo City |
| IndieWireJude DrySmith’s music and photography instincts carry the film cinematically, but the real stars of Kokomo City are its honest and dynamic subjects. |
| Original-CinLiam LaceyKokomo City is a vibrant, original work, shot in black and white, in a kaleidoscopic blend of monologues, conversations, and re-enactments. At a moment when the American right are obsessed with criminalizing health care for transgender people and erasing Black history, it’s also timely. |
| The GuardianLeslie FelperinTruly, this covers the whole spectrum of experience, all of it eloquently explained by the subjects, an assortment of women who tell their truths about clients who can’t be honest with themselves, their complicated relationships with friends, family and cis women, the legacy of slave culture, and their favourite portable electric shavers. |
| Time OutCyrus CohenFor a film that is primarily focused on one person at a time, speaking directly to camera, it is never remotely dull. The lean 73-minute runtime gives Smith all the time she needs to conjure a poignant and personal ode to these four women, and the experiences of Black trans women more broadly. We rarely get to see that on screen this powerfully and unapologetically. |
| The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeOne can offer no greater compliment to D Smith’s examination of the black transgender experience than that it makes the viewer, however they identify, feel a welcomed part of the busy conversation. |
| Little White LiesMarina AshiotiIt culminates in a bold exploration of transness, womanhood, Blackness and the sex industry, providing thoughtful and intimate insight into these material conditions and the breadth of experience that lies behind them. |
| The Film StageEthan VestbyThe film is a little repetitive in its observations, even at the very brief runtime of 73 minutes, yet I still feel I’ll fondly remember its subjects and the glances into their lives. Just reckoning with a world so sad and the people willing to keep a straight face throughout is inspiring in its own right. |
