The Club Kid Cast Talks Trans Sisterhood & Not “Dumbing Down” the Queer Nightlife Experience
Jordan Firstman says the film avoids softening queer nightlife and centers a 10-year-old son, a chosen family and trans sisterhood.
- Jordan Firstman's directorial debut Club Kid, a queer nightlife drama, became a sensation following its Cannes Film Festival premiere. A24 acquired the film for $17 million and is releasing it during awards season.
- Firstman stars as Peter, a New York party promoter blindsided by learning he has a 10-year-old son, Reggie Absolom. The story explores chosen families within the city's queer nightlife scene.
- Shot on 35 mm in real underground venues, the film captures authentic queer experiences through Peter's supportive friends known as "the dolls." Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny, and Alaska Riley star alongside neighbors Colleen Camp and Eldar Isgandarov.
- Nominations for best feature at the Gotham Awards confirm Club Kid's critical success, with Firstman recognized as a breakthrough director. The film has earned global reception as a "crowd-pleaser" exploring chosen family dynamics.
- Transitioning from a viral video star and consultant on Big Mouth to filmmaker, Firstman has achieved his long-term goal. He describes Club Kid as a personal project reflecting his true self.
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The Club Kid cast talks trans sisterhood & not “dumbing down” the queer nightlife experience
When you’re here, you’re family. Forget The Olive Garden; that may as well be the motto of Club Kid, Jordan Firstman’s hilarious and heartwarming feature filmmaking debut. Set within NYC’s queer nightlife scene, it’s a story that reminds us chosen families are just like any other: they laugh together, they cry together, they party, they hit up the afters and the after-afters until well into the next morning, sometimes they fight, and sometimes t…
Jordan Firstman brings a softer side to screen in directorial debut ‘Club Kid’
Actor and filmmaker Jordan Firstman wanted his directorial debut, “Club Kid”, to reveal a side of himself audiences had not seen before. “In my real life, I’m very sensitive. I’m very emotional,” he told Reuters. “I wanted to wear my heart on my sleeve and make a movie that reflected that.” In “Club Kid”, Firstman […]
Jordan Firstman faces instant fatherhood as Peter in Club Kid
Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid cinematically grows into adulthood while questioning the idea of family in a New York queer nightlife setting.Released by A24 this month, Club Kid is Firstman’s feature film directorial debut. He also wrote the piece and stars as Peter, a club promoter who discovers he has a biological British son named Arlo, played by Reggie Absolom, […]
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