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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: Press
MOTION HOSTS ‘CUT TO’ PODCAST FEAT. HELLO, AGAIN!
https://www.wgc.ca/sites/default/files/resource/wttv/04-CUTTOHelloAgain_0.mp3 In this episode, we CUT TO: the making of the CBC Gem series Hello (Again) with guests Nathalie Younglai—executive producer/showrunner/co-creator/writer—and series writers Leonard Chan and Lief Ramsaran. The host, Motion, talks to the panel about everything from tips for … Continue reading
31 BLACK CANADIAN FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Motion and DJ L’Oqenz perform in Oraltorio. (Cesar Ghislieri/Soulpepper ) Black Women Playwrights bringing DRAMA to the stage! So many impactful works by women to read, see, study, enjoy & be inspired by! Motion and DJ L’Oqenz’s Oraltorio joins a powerful list of … Continue reading
5 NNNNN’S FOR ORALTORIO!! – NOW
Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape is loud, in your face, pro-feminist Black expression Motion and DJ L’Oqenz’s revolutionary theatrical mixtape uses hip-hop and spoken world to explore Black womanhood BY JORDY KIETO, NOW MAGAZINE ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE by Motion and … Continue reading
WRITERS MOTION AND SENECA AARON TALK CORONER -TV JUNKIES
Coroner: Seneca Aaron and Wendy Motion Brathwaite Talk “Confetti Heart” Bridget Liszewski, TV JUNKIES It’s never an easy feat to tackle a timely and charged topic, but that’s exactly what Coroner did in this week’s episode. The story behind Jenny’s (Serinda … Continue reading
“ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE IS DOPE!”
No Mixed Message For Obsidian Theatre Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape is Dope! Author: Stephen Weir | Date: 18 October 2018 | MNIAlive.com Live theatre in Canada usually mean that the audience sits quietly and watches while the actors tell them … Continue reading
MOTION ON TONI MORRISON & NOURBESE-PHILIP
American author Toni Morrison‘s The Origin of Others is a classic collection of essays that explore the concepts of race, identity and power. CBC RADIO’s The Next Chapter columnist MOTION suggests that if you’re looking for a Canadian equivalent, you should check … Continue reading
“ORALTORIO: MOVING & COMPLEX” – BROADWAY WORLD
ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE Examines Society & Culture Through Black Music Isabella Perrone Striking audio and powerful stories drive ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE as the lives of black women, never named yet eerily familiar, are brought to life in this new … Continue reading
CBC RADIO’S Q FEAT. MOTION ON HER NEW PLAY ORALTORIO
Poet, emcee and playwright Motion on her new play Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape and her own coming of age Poet, emcee and playwright Motion takes us on a musical and spoken word journey through her coming of age, and talks about how … Continue reading
STANDING IN AN AFROFUTURISTIC B-GIRL STANCE – AFROTORONTO
photo by Zahra Siddiqui, written by Meres J. Weche Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape — an Obsidian Theatre production, presented in partnership with Soulpepper Theatre — written and performed by multidisciplinarian spoken word artist Motion, and infused by enthralling musical soundscapes of … Continue reading
ORALTORIO: INCREDIBLE SONIC RIDE -ON STAGE
Paul Love Associate Toronto Critic It’s not too often that I find myself sitting in a theatre, moments before the curtain rises, and I am not really sure what it is I’m about to see, which is an exhilarating feeling. The … Continue reading
