I went to some of the celebrity trans women and went to their comments and found the girls that way. SMITH: Initially, I found the girls online on Instagram. RASCOE: How did you come to meet the women you profiled in 'Kokomo City' - you know, these women who are working as sex workers and are trying to, you know, figure out their life, figure out what they're going to do next? And I thought - I loved that if it was 'Kokomo City,' and I thought it was just a great backstory, but also the name was just perfect. And I'm thinking, wow, here's a Black man in the 1930s. And I came across this song called 'Sissy Man Blues.' And in the song, one of the lines says, Lord, if you can't bring me some woman, please bring me some sissy man. And so I was actually looking for copyright-free music from, like, the '30s and the '40s with, you know, Black soul artists like Muddy Waters and Lead Belly. SMITH: I really wanted something that was going to be singular. SMITH: I wanted to come up with a name that didn't necessarily play off anything LGBT or queer or trans - like, you know, 'Transaction' or - you know. RASCOE: Can you start off by explaining the title of this film? Welcome to the program.ĭ SMITH: Thank you so much for that intro. RASCOE: And there's much more in 'Kokomo City' - love, rejection and wisdom as people work to live as their most authentic selves. But they don't tell her how easy it is when you lose a sense of yourself, when the only thing you know of value to yourself is what a man put on you. But so many of us are caught up telling each other like, oh, girl, don't worry about getting a job. And so whatever we face as a reality, once we leave that experience that benefited them, they don't give a. They're there to exploit us, to fantasize us. Smith brings us an unrelenting view into the lives of four Black trans sex workers - like Daniella Carter, who talks about the men she's met.ĭANIELLA CARTER: In no way are they there to protect us.

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