Why ‘Kokomo City’ Left Me Wanting More | The Tyee

The hot new doc tracks the lives of Black trans sex workers. Is it radical enough?

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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: The Black Trans Stars of ‘Kokomo City’ on the Tragedy and Hilarity of Sex Work https://jezebel.com/kokomo-city-black-trans-sex-work-1850678774 #Jezebel #mytranssexualsummer #dominiquesilver #daniellacarter #liyahmitchell #patrunisastry #kokodadoll #sundance #benihana #therapy #jezebel #dsmith
The Black Trans Stars of ‘Kokomo City’ on the Tragedy and Hilarity of Sex Work

D. Smith's documentary radically disavows respectability politics as it bares the naked truth.

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Kokomo City: Teen arrested over fatal shooting of Black trans woman Koko Da Doll

A 17-year-old man handed himself into Atlanta police after footage was shared of the final moments of trans star Koko Da Doll.

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Arrest made in killing of Koko Da Doll in Atlanta

A 17-year-old has been arrested in an Atlanta killing that claimed the life of a transgender woman who was featured in an upcoming documentary, police said.

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#BREAKING: In a particularly cruel turn, #KokoDaDoll, a #Black #trans #woman just featured in an incredibly honest documentary about the #violence Black trans #women face, has been murdered in Atlanta. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #BLM #BlackMastodon
#news #KokomoCity

https://thegrio.com/2023/04/22/koko-da-doll-dies-homicide/

Atlanta trans woman Koko Da Doll, documentary subject, slain

ATLANTA (AP) — Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face, was shot to death in Atlanta this week, her sister said. Kilya Williams and other relatives said police told them the 35-year-old transgender woman, also known as Rasheeda Williams, appears to have been shot Wednesday after leaving an apartment complex west of downtown Atlanta.

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Kokomo City star shot dead in Atlanta amid epidemic of violence against Black trans women

Koko Da Doll, star of award-winning trans Sundance documentary Kokomo City, has reportedly been shot and killed in Atlanta.

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Rasheeda Williams, Star of the Documentary 'Kokomo City,' Killed in Atlanta

Williams is at least the tenth victim of anti-trans violence in 2023.

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"I created 'Kokomo City' because I wanted to show the fun, humanized, natural side of Black trans women. I wanted to create images that didn’t show the trauma or the statistics of murder of Transgender lives. I wanted to create something fresh and inspiring. I did that. We did that! But here we are again."

Trans Woman in Hit Sundance Doc 'Kokomo City' Shot, Killed in Atlanta

https://deadline.com/2023/04/rasheeda-williams-koko-da-doll-kokomo-city-documentary-subject-shooting-death-1235333262/ via "Deadline"
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Trans Woman From Sundance Doc ‘Kokomo City’ Shot And Killed In Atlanta

The director and subjects of Kokomo City are expressing shock over the death of Rasheeda Williams, one of the trans women featured in the award-winning documentary, who reportedly was shot to death…

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