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Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles

Short Films
1989
19 min
Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis

Zeinabu Davis’ ability to give space to black womanhood, intimacy and spiritual orisha worship within an experimental frame feels so good to witness on screen. Her confident interplay between live action, animation, spoken word, sound, music (featuring Miriam Makeba, Haitian accapella singers and trumpetist Clora Bryant) is a treat in it of itself.

The fact this is all anchored in the protagonist, Rasheeda Allen’s anticipation of her period reclaims this sacred space as one which is personal and relatable.

  • Jenn Nkiru

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Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles

Short Films
1989
19 min
Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis

Zeinabu Davis’ ability to give space to black womanhood, intimacy and spiritual orisha worship within an experimental frame feels so good to witness on screen. Her confident interplay between live action, animation, spoken word, sound, music (featuring Miriam Makeba, Haitian accapella singers and trumpetist Clora Bryant) is a treat in it of itself.

The fact this is all anchored in the protagonist, Rasheeda Allen’s anticipation of her period reclaims this sacred space as one which is personal and relatable.

  • Jenn Nkiru

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Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles

Zeinabu Davis’ ability to give space to black womanhood, intimacy and spiritual worship within an experimental frame is so good to witness on screen.
Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends

Charles Burnett‘s ability to capture the black everyday in a way only he can is one that was evident even in the earliest of his works such as this.

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Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles

Zeinabu Davis’ ability to give space to black womanhood, intimacy and spiritual worship within an experimental frame is so good to witness on screen.
Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends

Charles Burnett‘s ability to capture the black everyday in a way only he can is one that was evident even in the earliest of his works such as this.
Flyer for event The Caribbean's first sci-fi film: Trafik D'info.

The Caribbean's first sci-fi film: Trafik D'info

Considered the first science fiction film to be shot in the Caribbean, this futuristic short film draws on Guadeoupean history and blasts forward into a world of technology and censorship. Set in a dissident neighborhood of a small island in the Caribbean, Jouwa, the film follows a young agent of a rebel organisation who are trying to spread information that is being concealed by larger media systems. The film draws on 1802 when Guadeloupeans fought for their freedom and many died fighting against the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. “Trafik d’info” is creole for “Trade of Information” and takes its roots from this unknown part of the little history of Guadeloupe. The short is a manifest, honoring those men and women who gave their lives for posterity. For the sake of life transmission and the legacy of ancestors, “Trafik d’Info” invites viewers into a reflexion about power and media information control in people’s life today.
Flyer for event Negus.

Negus

Negus is a conceptual feature film starring Lee “Scratch” Perry, exploring the history, myth and magic of Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selasie I.

Jenn Nkiru presents

Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends

Charles Burnett‘s ability to capture the black everyday in a way only he can is one that was evident even in the earliest of his works such as this.
Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles

Zeinabu Davis’ ability to give space to black womanhood, intimacy and spiritual worship within an experimental frame is so good to witness on screen.
Flyer for event The Caribbean's first sci-fi film: Trafik D'info.

The Caribbean's first sci-fi film: Trafik D'info

Considered the first science fiction film to be shot in the Caribbean, this futuristic short film draws on Guadeoupean history and blasts forward into a world of technology and censorship. Set in a dissident neighborhood of a small island in the Caribbean, Jouwa, the film follows a young agent of a rebel organisation who are trying to spread information that is being concealed by larger media systems. The film draws on 1802 when Guadeloupeans fought for their freedom and many died fighting against the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. “Trafik d’info” is creole for “Trade of Information” and takes its roots from this unknown part of the little history of Guadeloupe. The short is a manifest, honoring those men and women who gave their lives for posterity. For the sake of life transmission and the legacy of ancestors, “Trafik d’Info” invites viewers into a reflexion about power and media information control in people’s life today.
Flyer for event Negus.

Negus

Negus is a conceptual feature film starring Lee “Scratch” Perry, exploring the history, myth and magic of Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selasie I.

Jenn Nkiru presents

Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Several Friends

Charles Burnett‘s ability to capture the black everyday in a way only he can is one that was evident even in the earliest of his works such as this.
Flyer for event Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles.

Jenn Nkiru presents: Cycles

Zeinabu Davis’ ability to give space to black womanhood, intimacy and spiritual worship within an experimental frame is so good to witness on screen.

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