CLASS PRODUCTIONS / NOW UNLIMITED

Wildness is a portrait of the Silver Platter, a historic bar on the east side of Los Angeles that has catered to the Latin immigrant and queer community since 1963.

The film captures the creativity and conflict that ensue when a group of young, queer artists of color (Wu Tsang, DJs NGUZUNGUZU and Total Freedom) organize a weekly performance party, also called Wildness, at the bar. This emergent underground interfaces with the emigrant transwomen who have long populated the venue and the Silver Platter becomes a charged forum for forging coalitions and exploring class, community, and activism.