Film
Shorts Program: Under The Influence
- 7PM
Post-screening Discussion
Various filmmakers, moderated by independent scholar and curator Vivian Crockett
Dir. Brontez Purnell
2017, 8min
Polymath Brontez Purnell presents the hilariously raw and uncensored thoughts of a shoplifting, fed-up-with-men, HIV-positive gay black man. Originally commissioned by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett for Visual AIDS' Day With(out) Art 2017 ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS.
Dir. Martine Syms
2015, 11min
Through performance and gesture, artist Martine Syms interrogates the representation of black women in an era in which identity is often reduced to GIFs and memes.
Dir. Tiona Nekkia McClodden
2017, 6min
The poetry of the late black, gay writer Brad Johnson is visualized through a mixture of surveillance footage, pornography, and structuralist experimental film. Originally commissioned by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett for Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art 2017 ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS.
Dir. Shikeith
2017, 9min
A black gay boy experiences visions of trauma and desire in this experimental work inspired by the writings of Audre Lorde.
Dir. Raven Jackson
2018, 7min
Traversing New York City, a dancer seeks freedom and peace through movement.
Dir. Elegance Bratton
2018, 23min
An intimate and vibrant look at New York’s contemporary ballroom scene.
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Powerful, poetic celebrations of the love and humanity of black, gay, HIV-positive men.
A drama about the struggles and courage of gay black artists from the 1920s to today.
Poignant and perceptive portraits of lesbian adolescence.