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
