In Canchas de Algodon de Azucar, both performers walk through sugar cane fields in Trinidad and Tobago. These fields were harvested by the British to produce sugar, but that were previously cotton plantations under the Spanish crown. Dressed in protective suits (called OYA-9394), they walk and dig through the soil and lift their childhood basketball hoop.

Canchas de Algodón de Azúcar

Brother and sister walk through an old sugar cane plantation searching for the right location to assemble their childhood basketball hoop.

Omiyẹmi is a director, dramaturg, Professor of Theatre &amp; Africana Studies at William &amp; Mary and the owner of Omiwerx, a consulting and production company. Dance of the Orcas is her first film.

Meet the Filmmaker | Omiyemi 'Artisia' Green

We are a reflection of nature. Nature is a reflection of us. Together, we tell the story of the one. Nature is full of wisdom if we are observant and listen. In 2018, TAHLEQUAH, the orca also known as J35, took a 1,000-mile “tour of grief.” With support from fellow members in her clan, TAHLEQUAH pushed her deceased 400lb infant through the Pacific Northwest for 17 days. In this adaptation, TAHLEQUAH is assisted by her ancestors and forces of nature on an emotional excavation and untethering. The harmonizing and renewal she experiences is worthy of the visibility of her vulnerability. DANCE OF THE ORCAS is the reminder we all need to cry the river in order to find freedom in our truth.

Dance of the Orcas

The reminder we all need to dance and cry the river in order to find freedom in our truth.

It's essential to generate life, dialogue, understanding, and celebrate humanity. In times of widespread pandemic, raising questions about the preservation of democracy, the integrity of public health and our own notions of individuality, we are dragged into a process of change. 'Upheaval' is a meeting between the artist Welket Bungué, and the parliamentary politician Joacine Katar Moreira. Here, they question the essence of their crafts, making an unexpected paradigm of imminent revolution resound.

Upheaval

It's essential to generate life, dialogue, understanding, and celebrate humanity.

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