2020 Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival: Pier Kids Q&A

Ballroom culture has hit the mainstream. In the documentary Pier Kids, director Elegance Bratton takes us to the piers on the edge of NYC, the same piers portrayed in Paris Is Burning and Pose as the entry point for young black and brown queer people into the glamorous ballroom scene. Pier Kids mainly shows us the grounds of the piers as they are now, no holding back. Red and blue police lights flash in the corners of many frames, and interviewees speak to us on their level, their views and circumstances never prettied-up for easier consumption.