2018 Moving Body - Moving Image Festival
Exploring the Depiction of the Moving Brown Body in Film
The 2018 inaugural one-day festival focused on the brown body and its representation on screen through two programs of films, selected student films, roundtable discussions, receptions, and an installation by dancer/visual artist Ayo Janeen Jackson.
The Festival's feature conversation was between Oscar-nominated producer Lisa Cortes, known for Precious (2009) and Shadowboxer (2005), and Bessie Award-winning dance critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa. The Festival was mentioned by the Miami New Times, discussing how screendance festivals have been fighting back against toxic masculinity.
2018 Festival Program
Hell You Talmbout || Seattle,WA | 2016 | 8:25 || Directors Denzel Boyd, Tyler Rabinowitz, Joseph Webb || Choreographer Shakiah Danielson
Brethren || USA/ Rochester | 2017 | 4:01 || Director Annette Daniels Taylor
Black Stains || USA/ Florida | 2018 | 13:27 || Director Tiffany Rhynard || Choreographer Trent D. Williams Jr.
Plant the Seed || South Africa/ LA | 2017 | 1:35 || Director Yasmin Hed
Kahina || Florida | 2018 | 5:12 || Director Cathleen Dean || Choreographer Michelle Murray
White Cane || Kenya/ Berlin | 2017 | 8:16 || Director/Choreographer Bo Lee
Sleepless || Student Barnard College/NYU | 2018 | 4:54 || Director Djassi Johnson
Afro Promo #1 Kinglady || NYC/NJ | 2016 | 11:22 || Director/Choreographer Nora Chipaumire
He Who Dances on Wood || NYC | 2017 | 5:46 || Director Jessica Beshir || Choreographer Fred Nelson
This Black || NYC | 2017 | 2:41 || Director Cameron Thompkins || Choreographers Cameron Thompkins, Shoey Su
Elephant || USA/ Florida | 2017 | 2:57 || Director Connie Chavez || Choreographer Keomi Tarver
We live this || NYC | 2016 | 11:00 || Director James Burns
Matadora || Student Barnard College | 2017 | 2:16 || Director/Choreographer Sabrina Krebs || Performer Alexis Woodhouse
Two Seconds After Laughter || LA/NY/Indonesia | 2017 | 16:03 || Director David Rousseve || Cinematography Cari-Ann Shim Sham
SUB ROSA || Italy/Virginia | 2016 | 8:10 || Director/Choreographer Matteo Marziano Graziano
Sanctum II || South Africa/Scotland | 2009 | 4:17 || Director Jeannette Ginslov || Choreography Jeannette Ginslov with Vishathi Arumugam
Six Solos || China | 2016 | 6:32 || Director Simon Fildes || Choreographer Sang Jijia
Son Du Serpent || Benin, NL | 2017 | 11:03 || Director Tami Ravid
Vanitas || Brazil | 2017 | 5:41 || Director Vinícius Cardoso || Choreographer Samuel Kavalerski
In the Castle of my Skin || South Africa | 6:00 || Director Lebogang Rasethaba || Choreographer Jarrel Mathebula
Liberated Soles || Artist Ayo Janeen Jackson (Sculpture and Video Installation)
Untamed Space || Weeksville Brooklyn | 12:23 || Video Installation by Andre Zachary
V-Formation || Canada | 2014 | 3:55 || Video Installation by Ella Cooper
Rise Above || USA | 2017 | 6:00 || Directors Benjamin Ross, Brittany Neff || Producer Woman Kind (Virtual Reality Project)
Touring
The 2018 Festival Program is touring and a selection of films was presented at Screendance Miami, at Perez Art Museum Miami, at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, and at the Professional Performing Arts School NYC Women’s Film Festival.