Kiki | movie | 2016 | Official Trailer
25 years after Paris is Burning, we dive back into the fierce world of voguing battles in the Kiki scene of New York Cit | dG1fc29id19jSlFfY2s
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00:00 I remember, like, being in school,
00:02 we did a dance to the song called "Beaches and Cream."
00:04 So I came home to show my dad the dance.
00:05 He was so upset.
00:07 So I just went into my room like, "Moms, like, don't dance."
00:10 [dance music]
00:13 ♪
00:16 [crowd cheering]
00:18 ♪
00:22 - When people step onto the floor,
00:23 they're telling you, "No matter what you think,
00:25 I am beautiful."
00:28 Everyone's unique, and the Kiki scene is a place
00:31 for young people to explore that uniqueness.
00:34 ♪
00:35 - Ha! High-kicking and everything, I'm out of here.
00:37 ♪
00:39 - It's this competitive scene to get away from rejection,
00:42 homophobia, lack of acceptance.
00:44 - It's a safe haven.
00:45 [crowd cheering]
00:46 - Come on, scrub that out.
00:48 You got juice on the floor.
00:49 ♪
00:52 - It's you. No one can tell you that it's not.
00:54 You're real.
00:55 - One, one, two, one.
00:57 ♪
00:58 - We have homelessness. We have disease.
01:01 We target the most at-risk populations.
01:04 ♪
01:05 - Kiki scene, they have these balls as a creative outlet.
01:08 - We started to expose the scene to mainstream society.
01:12 So tonight, we're gonna have a Kiki ball here.
01:14 [crowd cheering]
01:15 - Our job is not done until all countries have ballroom.
01:18 All LGBTQ people have a place to go vogue
01:20 and slam their backs.
01:21 ♪
01:22 - The word is "Kiki."
01:23 ♪
01:24 Kiki.
01:25 ♪
01:26 Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to me, Kiki.
01:28 ♪
01:31 - I had to be big and bad in order to not be bullied
01:35 because I was so feminine.
01:36 - I accept it.
01:37 I think she's sexy, like me.
01:39 ♪
01:40 - I'm normal.
01:42 I cry. I laugh.
01:44 I have fun. I get lonely.
01:46 ♪
01:47 But more than anything, I love.
01:49 ♪
01:52 - Don't you judge me, okay?
01:53 ♪
01:59 ♪
02:05 ♪
02:09 [MUSIC]