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BLACKSPACE X ON SPOTIFY
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@MOTIONLIVE ON IG
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AKILLA’S ESCAPE
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
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LIMITED EDITION ORALTORIO TEES at BEDDOART.COM!
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Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance & Spoken Word at York University (Toronto), taught by MOTION. Explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, in terms of language, rhythm, historical developments, social- political contexts, as well as key artists of poetry, rap, dub, slam, lyricism and spoken word as live and direct purveyors of culture.
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WATCH! CORONER~CBC TV!
From the stage to the screen! Tune In to MOTION's TV WRITING DEBUT on the brand new dramatic series CORONER. Binge watch Season 1 and 2 on CBC GEM.
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HEADSPACE ROTATES ~ TUNE IN! ON MIXCLOUD
HEADSPACE ROTATES RADIO is an eclectic combo of progressive sounds - Hip Hop to neo-soul, beat driven, electronic, funk jazz, and yet-to-be categorized experimental astral soundscapes - reflecting the new, next and now of global urban sounds. Paying homage to the classics and the contemporary, HSR tunes into Independent music scenes, the movers and shakers, groundbreakers and the rare hidden gems that must be played. Hosted by MOTION | Music by L'OQENZ| Mixed & Engineered ZOé SOUNDMIND
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LISTEN!! HEADSPACE RADIO TRIBUTE TO SON OF SOUL
Author Archives: MotionLive
AKILLA’S ESCAPE TAKES 8 NOMS, 5 WINS AT THE CSA’S
AKILLA’S ESCAPE garnered eight nominations and five awards, including best original screenplay for Wendy Motion Brathwaite and Charles Officer who is also the film’s director. Other wins include Best Cinematography for Maya Bankovic, Best Sound Editing for Dave Rose, David McCallum, Krystin Hunter and William Kellerman, Best Sound Mixing … Continue reading
AKILLA’S ESCAPE – OFFICIAL TRAILER
AKILLA’S ESCAPE – Akilla Brown is forty-years-old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approved legalization, the pendulum of hypocrisy takes a toll and Akilla … Continue reading
MOTION & CHARLES OFFICER COLLABO ON CORONER 3
Jenny and Donovan help a young girl who seeks the truth about her father’s death. AVERY GRANT plays Rubee in CORONER SEASON 3 episode Eyes Up, written by MOTION and directed by CHARLES OFFICER. In the Coroner episode “Eyes Up”, which broadcasts on CBC on … Continue reading
21 BLACK FUTURES PRESENTS…
REBIRTH OF THE AFRONAUTS: A BLACK SPACE ODYSSEY: “It’s New Year’s Eve 2059, the night before the long-awaited Reparations Day, and Chariott receives a mysterious call that leads her on a ride through the world outside her bubble. Cities are sky-high, … Continue reading
21 BLACK FUTURES PLAYING NOW ON CBC GEM
21 playwrights, 21 directors and 21 actors respond to “What is the future of Blackness?” in this urgent anthology series now streaming on CBC Gem. Tweet
REBIRTH OF THE AFRONAUTS: ORIGINAL SCORE BY NON
REBIRTH OF THE AFRONAUTS ~ ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BY NON Producer NON composes at an astral-travelling original score for 21 Black Future’s REBIRTH OF THE AFRONAUTS: A Black Space Odyssey. The 7th Episode of the anthology series’ Season 2 is written by … Continue reading
21 BLACK FUTURES PREMIERS FEBRUARY 12 ON CBC GEM!
Tune in on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, on CBC GEM! Obsidian Theatre and the CBC are unveiling the first major project announced under Artistic Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu. 21 BLACK FUTURES is an anthology of 21 filmed monodramas, commissioned from … Continue reading
21 BLACK FUTURES!!
OBSIDIAN THEATRE AND CBC ANNOUNCE LINE-UP OF DIRECTORS & PERFORMERS FOR 21 BLACK FUTURES, PREMIERING ON CBC GEM IN FEBRUARY 2021 21 playwrights, 21 directors, 21 actors 21 visions of the future of Blackness… January … Continue reading
WATCH FOR COLORED GIRLS: A REMIX ON YOUTUBE
For Colored Girls: A RemiX features an outstanding cast of award-winning actors and spoken word poets: Ordena Thompson, Faduma Mohamed, Chelsea Russell, Britta B., Akosua Amo-Adem, Paulina O’Kieffe, and directed by Motion. For Colored Girls: A RemiX is presented by … Continue reading
FOR COLORED GIRLS: A REMIX
7 Women. 7 Voices. Coming together for a virtual reading of classic monologues intertwined with new poetry inspired by the play “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf “. On the occasion of the 72nd birthday of renowned … Continue reading
