Pier Kids

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SsSBV24pmo”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Pier Kids follows Casper, Desean, and Krystal, three homeless queer black youth as they navigate the streets, welfare, and their biological families in order to find stable housing. Along the way, the film brings light to an underground community of Pier Kids.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Director: Elegance Bratton[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Runtime: 96 Mins[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Year: 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]Sunday, November 15, 2020. 2:30pm[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″][edgtf_button size=”huge-full-width” type=”” enable_prettyphoto=”” target=”_self” icon_pack=”” font_weight=”” text=”Tickets” link=”https://theatricalathome.com/products/centrefilmfestival”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10″][edgtf_separator type=”full-width”][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]

About The Director

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Elegance Bratton

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Elegance was thrown out of his mother’s home at the age of 16 in New Jersey for being gay. He spent the next 10 years homeless seeking refuge on Christopher Street and the New Jersey, Philadelphia metro areas. After ten years spent homeless, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he learned how to make films. Elegance’s award-winning short films have played in almost 150 film festivals world wide including Sundance, Outfest, and the American Black Film Festival. He is executive producer and creator of Viceland’s GLAAD-nominated series, My House. He is also the author of the Kassel Art Book award-winning photo book, Bound By Night. He served in the US Marine Corps as combat cameraman, holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University, and an MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18682″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://centrefilm.org/directors-panels/”][/vc_column][/vc_row]