There are names for homes that are not on any maps. The complexity of calling a place home while struggling to find acceptance there permeates these video poems. As many of us are spending more time where we dwell than ever before, the gratitude we might feel for our home is colored by a feeling of entrapment. At the same time, the comfort, safety, and services of shelter are by no means guaranteed. This screening is for the displaced, the vulnerable, and the shut-ins crawling out of their skin; for those whose struggle to define and redefine a concept of home for themselves is continual.
A family displaced by greed searches for a new home in a foreign place. As they explore they discover pieces of themselves; old and new. Shea, by NASRA celebrates what has always remained in Black/African peoples: an innate sense of home, luxury and interconnectedness.
- Year2021
- Runtime3 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, with English closed captions
- CountryCanada
- PremiereUS Premiere
- NotePoet: Nasra Adem
- DirectorEffy Adar
- ProducerAdam Bentley, Nasra Adem
- CastNASRA, Shia Sankofa, Sweet Architect, Imani Khalifa, Sada Ibrahim
There are names for homes that are not on any maps. The complexity of calling a place home while struggling to find acceptance there permeates these video poems. As many of us are spending more time where we dwell than ever before, the gratitude we might feel for our home is colored by a feeling of entrapment. At the same time, the comfort, safety, and services of shelter are by no means guaranteed. This screening is for the displaced, the vulnerable, and the shut-ins crawling out of their skin; for those whose struggle to define and redefine a concept of home for themselves is continual.
A family displaced by greed searches for a new home in a foreign place. As they explore they discover pieces of themselves; old and new. Shea, by NASRA celebrates what has always remained in Black/African peoples: an innate sense of home, luxury and interconnectedness.
- Year2021
- Runtime3 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, with English closed captions
- CountryCanada
- PremiereUS Premiere
- NotePoet: Nasra Adem
- DirectorEffy Adar
- ProducerAdam Bentley, Nasra Adem
- CastNASRA, Shia Sankofa, Sweet Architect, Imani Khalifa, Sada Ibrahim