Cinema From the Margins: Kiki

Thu, Jun 5 2025
6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Adams Street, Multipurpose Room

LGBTQ pride month movies at the library Pride

Join us for our screening of Kiki (2016), the second installment in our Cinema From the Margins series. This documentary provides a snapshot of the lives of the queer and trans youth of color who compete in NYC’s underground ballroom scene. Here they unite to create safe spaces of identity and artistic expression.

This movie is not rated and has a runtime of 1 hour and 34 minutes.

Cinema From the Margins is a curated film viewing series that seeks to highlight stories from often overlooked communities and people of diverse identities, with an emphasis on subjects that are relevant to our current time. Films in this series will start with a brief introduction prior to the movie and will be followed by the option to casually discuss afterwards.

Our June pick celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month!

A movie cover which features a Black person with a blue overlay and extravagantly adorned peacock feathers atop an off-white background. The movie title "Kiki" is displayed in stark white in the center.
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Add to My Calendar 06/05/2025 06:00 pm 06/05/2025 07:45 pm America/New_York Cinema From the Margins: Kiki <p>Join us for our screening of <em>Kiki</em> (2016), the second installment in our <em>Cinema From the Margins </em>series. <span class="OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;">This documentary provides a snapshot of the lives of the queer and trans youth of color who compete in NYC’s underground ballroom scene. Here they unite to create safe spaces of identity and artistic expression.</span></p><p>This movie is not rated and has a runtime of 1 hour and 34 minutes.</p><hr><p><em>Cinema From the Margins</em> is a curated film viewing series that seeks to highlight stories from often overlooked communities and people of diverse identities, with an emphasis on subjects that are relevant to our current time. Films in this series will start with a brief introduction prior to the movie and will be followed by the option to casually discuss afterwards.</p><p>Our June pick celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month!</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Adams Street, Multipurpose Room MM/DD/YYYY 60