Pier Kids
Synopsis
The documentary “Pier Kids” follows Casper, Desean, and Krystal, three homeless queer Black youth as they navigate the streets, welfare, and their biological families in order to find stable housing. Along the way, the film brings light to an underground community and follows these youths over the course of five years to understand what it means to be black and queer 50 years after Stonewall.
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Production Details
Director / Writer / Executive Producer: Elegance Bratton
Executive Producers: Sabaah Folayan, Terence Nance
Producer: Chester Algernal Gordon
Co-producer: Nathan Proctor
Proctor Editing: Thuto Durkac Somo, Bernhard Fasenfest
Cast: Krystal Dixon, DeSean Irby, Krystal LaBeija, Jusheem Thorne
Length: 96 minutes
Language: English
Certificate: 15
Format: DCP
Release
Date: October 8th 2021
Press
Radically Empathetic Chronicle Of Queer Black Youth – The Guardian
- Elegance Bratton’s next movie, The Inspection, is with A24.