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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: Word
MOTION & IDRIS GOODWIN ON SOULPEPPER’S FRESH INK!
Fresh Ink returns with two incredible multidisciplinary artists and educators who have both used hip hop, theatre, and sometimes a blend of both, to tell stories shared across North America. Join Idris Goodwin (And In This Corner Cassius Clay, How … 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
SPOKEN WORD & BLACK FUTURES ON EGLINTON WEST!
Black Futures on Eglinton West is a community arts engagement project exploring past, present, and ideal future cultures of Black residents in the Eglinton Avenue neighbourhoods between Keele Street and Allen Road. Motion joins a roster of multi-displinary artists … Continue reading
THE BLACK NOTES ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK WOMEN WRITING
This collection contains stories and poems written by 12 Black women; it is serendipitous that their voices blend seamlessly, and beautifully, even though the writers are intergenerational. The storytelling crosses local, national, and international cultural sensibilities, giving the reader a … Continue reading
BRICKYARD AUDIO HUB FEATS. MOTION AND MORE…
Brickyard is an audio/visual hub where Brick Books is proud to showcase excellence in Canadian writers, poets, storytellers and spoken word artists. Curated by renown Spoken Word artist Andrea Thompson, Brickyard features diverse and groundbreaking spoken word poets, poet laureates, … Continue reading
EVERYTHING REMAINS RAW BOOK LAUNCH
Don’t miss the book launch of “Everything Remains Raw: Photographing Toronto’s Hip Hop Culture from Analogue to Digital, presented by @tdotpioneers. Launching this groundbreaking art book companion to the large scale photography exhibit at the McMichael Art Gallery, the event … Continue reading
GRIOTS TO EMCEES FALL’17 SPOKEN WORD SHOWCASE!
Dept. of Humanities – Culture & Expression presents… GRIOTS TO EMCEES: Spoken Word, Culture & Performance Showcase Date: Thursday Nov. 30th, 2017 Venue: Senior Commons Room #140 | Address: McLaughlin College, York U Showtime: 7PM – 9PM | Hosted by Motion Join the class … Continue reading
POETS ACTIVATE BAND19 GALLERY WITH SPOKEN WORD
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MOTION TALKS BALDWIN & EALEY-RICHARDSON ON CBC’S THE NEXT CHAPTER w/ SHELAGH ROGERS
Motion talks about the similarities between James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain and Jael Ealey Richardson’s The Stone Thrower. (photo\Zahra Siddiqui) The layers of Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (exerpt) “What I love about this … Continue reading
