Pier Kids15

Directed by Elegance Bratton | USA | 2019 | 1h 25m | Starring Krystal Dixon, DeSean Irby, Krystal LaBeija

Made between 2011 and 2016, this poignant documentary follows the lives of three queer and trans black youths who become homeless after being kicked out by their families. Creating their own community around New York’s Christopher Street Pier, they are forced to contend with life on the streets. An intimate and moving portrait of the means to be young, black and queer in New York today – 50 years after the Stonewall riots – by first-time filmmaker and former ‘Pier Kid’ Elegance Bratton.

Reviews

‘Stories involving shocking discrimination and violence are filmed with a conspiratorial understanding, as if the camera is lending a friendly ear.’
★★★★ Phuong Le, The Guardian

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We showed Pier Kids between November 5, 2021 and November 12, 2021.

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Today (Wednesday 23rd April)

20:30

The End 12A
2h 29m
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Tomorrow (Thursday 24th April)

15:15

The End 12A
Deaf/HOH Subtitles
2h 29m
In a luxurious bunker, a family clings to normality after Earth becomes uninhabitable. But when a stranger arrives, their fragile world unravels. Joshua Oppenheimer directs this post-apocalyptic musical starring George MacKay, Tilda Swinton, and Michael Shannon.

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18:15

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1h 26m
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20:45

Black Bag 15
1h 34m
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