Tag: D. Smith
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‘Kokomo City’ Filmmaker D. Smith Honors Koko Da Doll: ‘There’s Something Very Divine About Her Being in This Film’
Filmmaker D. Smith’s debut documentary “Kokomo City” presents a raw depiction of the lives of four Black trans women — Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver. Based in Atlanta and New York City, the women get real about sex work and confront the prejudices they experience, as well as the persistent…
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Magnolia Pictures’ ‘Kokomo City’ Offers Audiences the Chance to Buy a Ticket for Those Who Can’t
Utah-based Angel Studios has Hollywood scratching its head with its crowdfunding ticket model for “Sound of Freedom”: Its Pay It Forward program allows audiences to purchase tickets for others who don’t have the mean to buy one themselves.Now, D. Smith’s Sundance-winning documentary “Kokomo City” is adopting a similar strategy. And while this is a very…