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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
Category Archives: Drama
CBC, BIPOC TV & Film, CFC Announce Showrunner Catalyst!
INAUGURAL PARTICIPANTS: ANDREW BURROWS-TROTMAN, MOTION & IAN IQBAL RASHID June 12, 2022 – CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) today announced at the Banff World Media Festival the creation of a new accelerator program, the CBC-BIPOC TV … Continue reading
REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND PREMIERS TODAY ON CBC GEM!
REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND is an episodic series created, co-written, and co-produced by award-winning writer Amanda Parris that follows Dr. Toni Shakur, a self-help guru whose singular mission is to cancel the entertainment industry’s reliance on token Black … Continue reading
INSIDE THE WRITERS ROOM…THE PORTER!
Exciting times!! It’s 1921! Friends and train porters Junior and Zeke find their unbreakable bond stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life. Set in the roaring, jazz-filled 1920s and inspired by real events, THE … Continue reading
AKILLA’S ESCAPE WINS BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY CSA!
CHARLES OFFICER & WENDY MOTION BRATHWAITE – Canadian Screen Award Winner for Original Screenplay | Meilleur scénario original for “Akilla’s Escape” 🎬 Due to the times, no live @thecndacademy ceremonies this year. But we got to shoot with portrait photographer @georgepimentel1 & … Continue reading
INSIDE THE BIPOC SHOWRUNNER BOOTCAMP!
It’s an exciting time to join with over 50 writers for the inaugural SHOWRUNNER BOOTCAMP! Created by writer/executive producer Anthony Q. Farrell (Overlord and the Underwoods, The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker, Secret Life of Boys, The Office), and presented by BIPOC … Continue reading
AKILLA’S ESCAPE OPENS IN U.S. & CANADA!
ORDER NOW ON VOD!! We are so excited to announce that our feature film AKILLA’S ESCAPE releases on the big and small screens tonight!! Akilla’s Escape, directed by Charles Officer, has its theatrical release June … Continue reading
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
