Pier Kids

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Pier Kids

2019

1h 36m

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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Three gay and transgender youths become homeless on the streets of New York.

Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Elegance Bratton’s documentary explores the harsh, dangerous life of homeless young LGBTQ+ people in New York - but also their solidarity and their care for each other.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 19, 2024

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Phuong Le

Guardian

What emerges is a deeply intimate portrait of an organic collective under attack from all sides: brutal policing, urban gentrification and financial precariousness.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 4, 2021

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

A sociological offspring of Paris Is Burning.

Nov 10, 2020

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

By developing a rapport with his subjects, Bratton's unfiltered footage is powerfully revealing, never sensationalising the realities of their lives.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 14, 2021

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Dulcie Pearce

The Sun (UK)

This is a story of survival, unity and never giving up on yourself.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 8, 2021

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Christopher Machell

CineVue

Although Paris Is Burning is an obvious touchstone for Pier Kids, Bratton's film is in some ways more subversive as a narrative documentary, bouncing from one character to the next. It is unpredictable in the much the same way as his subjects' lives.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 6, 2021

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Three gay and transgender youths become homeless on the streets of New York.

Director: Elegance Bratton
Producer: Chester Algernal Gordon
Screenwriter: Elegance Bratton
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 36m