BLACK CINEMATIC VERNACULAR

Screening/Lecture Series

Kinfolk Collective utilizes ethnomusicology, radical black ideologies, traditional African cosmologies and narrative forms to inform the structure and visual language of our cinema. The program includes a collection of 6 short films, music performances and a panel/group lecture discussing Black Cinematic Vernacular. The performative lecture combines improvisatory theater and cultural studies to deconstruct the films presented and ideas in relation to this emerging cinematic language. The TRT for the program is 90 minutes.

Films to screen:

Third Timothy by Julian Walker

Savage vs. The Void by Darren Wallace

Shades of Shadows by Amir George

Bluebird by Kinfolk Collective

Stick Up/Spark it off by Adam Dollar$

Area 79 by Huey Amaru

Precious Blood by Kinfolk Edu