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Kiki
Description
In New York City, LGBTQ youth-of-color gather on the Christopher Street Pier to practice 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.'
In New York City, LGBTQ youth-of-color gather on the Christopher Street Pier to practice 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.'
Actors:
Sara Jordenö, Twiggy Pucci Garcon
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Sara Jordenö
Sara Jordenö
Country:
United States
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March 10, 2017
Its population is largely gay and trans people of color, who've found a large and rich support system amongst a scene first documented in 1990's Paris is Burning.
February 28, 2017
"Kiki" shows us a group of brave and beautiful souls for whom the struggle is, unfortunately, probably about to get even harder.
March 01, 2017
Positivity sparkles in every sequence
March 10, 2016
It explodes with energy, thanks in part to rattlesnake-taut dance tracks from MikeQ and ballroom DJ crew Qween Beat, but mostly from the Kiki kids themselves.
May 28, 2017
What's thrilling is the sense of action and progress among the young activists, who outline both the economic problems here and their mechanisms for survival with eye-opening clarity.
July 14, 2017
Kiki serves as a reminder that in parts of American and Western society, minorities are still rejected from the mainstream on the basis of dated, racist, and homophobic prejudices.
March 01, 2017
One thing Kiki does really well is show how these dance competitions are an organizational structure for kids who might otherwise slip through the cracks.
February 24, 2017
It's an honest examination of the powers, and limits, of subcultures and small communities-and how quickly things can change for better or worse within them.
June 24, 2017
For those of viewers who have never kikied, they should not miss this documentary; for those who have, Kiki offers a refreshing and melancholic look at how far we've come.
February 28, 2017
[An] adroit documentary on the new generation of those in the ballroom and voguing scenes ...
June 28, 2017
If for no other reason, you should see Kiki to understand the complexity of subcultures in America and how they are extracted from consistently.
February 23, 2017
"Kiki" often casts a rueful gaze, but it's also exuberant and alive, and never despairing.