Director Elegance Bratton offers an intimate and strikingly raw portrait of New York City's underground community of pier kids, introducing us to Krystal, Desean, and Casper, three homeless queer black youth searching for stability in a harsh city. As they reconcile the love of chosen families with the cold complexities of biological ones, their struggle to find stable housing takes center stage, leading them to risky ventures and inhibiting them from passionate pursuits. Filmed over five years at the pier, on the streets, and in the ballroom scene, PIER KIDS is a sweeping, empathetic, and emotional look at the struggles of queer youth after they're expelled from their homes.