Redacted
In the 73-minute-long film, titled “*****” — or as the artist pronounces it, “Redacted” — we see this recut version of the bloody climax [of Taxi...
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A striking music-driven 8-minute video work proposes a vibrant scenario in which the histories drawn from the African American narrative of...
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Shot in the span of ten years, Black August Hip-Hop Project takes us to New York City, Cuba, and South Africa to raise awareness about political...
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An homage to Jafa's friend and collaborator Greg Tate upon his death.
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Commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces (October 9, 2022-February 18, 2023).
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Personal pilgrimages to three sites of extreme creativity, invention, and generosity: Alice Coltrane's Ashram, Watts Towers, and Watervliet Shaker...
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A short and inconclusive treatise on women and gambling. The allure of risk taking, the contradictions of excessive behavior and a penchant for...
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A montage of filmed sermons and gospel songs performed in black churches from the 1980s to the 2000s.
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Music: Jeff Mills "Medicine Man"
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"Deshotten 1.0" was the first collaboration between Arthur Jafa and Malik Sayeed and is the first TNEG project. Laying in a hospital bed, a young...
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A high-concept, in-your-face experimental short showcasing the unique beauty, energy and exuberance of one of NYC's last underground subcultures:...
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