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7 films in package
The Voice Actress
Kingyo, a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo, possesses a unique ability to see the soul in all things, living and inanimate. The voice acting world is changing and she must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry.
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Tuning René Marie
Told through a series of vignettes animated over 16mm plates, "Tuning René Marie" is a short mixed media documentary about twice GRAMMY-nominated jazz vocalist René Marie's extraordinary and often difficult path in life, and the saving grace of music at every turn.
Swerve
Wearing the tell-tale masks of our daunting now, five New Yorkers walk through a Queens food market, searching for a meal and speaking in verse. An ars poetica/ cinematica lands in the space between a global pandemic and whatever comes next.
Don't You Go Nowhere
A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with a fan.
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Madelynn Von Ritz Is Almost Famous
At 83, Madelynn Von Ritz hasn't given up her dream of musical recognition. She's a radical rocker, who never stops trying. This is a film about hard luck, perseverance, loss and hope. About almosts and nevers and keeping on.
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison
The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson's shutdown 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s largest prison-plantation. The documentary examines what led to the shutdown of the performance, the material that confronted a system, and how the impact of Peterson's visit rippled through Angola long after the record of her visit was erased by prison authorities.
Shut Up And Paint
Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.
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Innovative narrative and documentary shorts that showcase a diverse group of musicians and artists as they challenge systems, build power and reflect on an artistic life as we age.

About the Film: Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.


About the Filmmaker: Titus Kaphar is a painter and filmmaker based in New Haven, CT. Alex Mallis is a filmmaker and DJ based in Brooklyn.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    20:00
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Director
    Titus Kaphar, Alex Mallis
  • Producer
    Chloe Gbai
  • Executive Producer
    Matthew O'Neill, Perri Peltz
  • Cast
    Titus Kaphar, Dwyane Betts, Jason Stanley, Tamika Pettway
  • Cinematographer
    Eric Phillips-Horst, Ed David, Alex Mallis, Emir Fils-Aime
  • Editor
    Lily Henderson
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