Torrents: New Links to Black Futures is an artist-led program exploring new territories in Black future-building through visual arts, technology, music, film, and performance.
This DC-based interdisciplinary event series gathers artists, collectors, professors, and community stakeholders to participate in a week filled with engaging experiences. Torrents examines critical questions about the development of Black futures across the African diaspora by featuring innovators across industries. Through expert panels, film screenings, live music, artistic performances, and demonstrations of advancements in technology, we aim to create opportunities to build community and inspire collaboration.
Living Myths investigates why film is so effective in reimagining frameworks around Black futures and how it can induce significant cultural impact that critically challenges modern notions around politics, community, and Black history. In this panel, the filmmakers discuss their experiences in the industry, challenges for Black creators working within corporate structures, the types of stories they look to tell, their motivations for their work, and what they hope to see in the industry.
This conversation is between Alexis Aggrey, Merawi Gerima, Shaka King, and Ytasha Womack following the screening of Smithsonian Channel's "Afrofuturism: The Origin Story" by Alexis Aggrey in November of 2022. Moderated by DJ Underdog.
Presented by CulturalDC. Edited by Caandor Labs.
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