Black, Gay & Fearless: “Check It”
The Check It are the first documented, gay American street gang to make it to film. They were formed in 2009 in the footfall of Barack Obama’s White House, in response to escalating homophobic crime in the US capital, by a crew of black ninth-graders who decided to fight back. “I want the world to see another side of DC,†says Flor, looking back to the germination of Check It, the arresting feature that sprung from Moten’s introduction and bowed to rapturous applause at last year’s Tribeca film festival in New York.
“It’s not the White House. The Check It embody so many of our failures as a nation.†“Check It” is available to stream on louisck.net
