OS MUTANTES IV // ORLANDO, MA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE

Orlando, Ma Biographie Politique (2023) amplifies the voice of an international group of 26 trans and non-binary individuals, aged 8 to 70, to bring out Orlando of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel “Orlando: A Biography.” Sharing personal stories, reciting passages from the novel, and reflecting on the nature of contemporary trans life the performers explore notions of identity, gender and sexuality situating them within their intertwining social, legal, or medical ideoscapes. In a wonderful celebration of queerness Paul B. Preciado transmutes Woolf’s love of language into an equally joyous appreciation of cinematic form, trading his own story and the novel’s sole protagonist for a multitudinous and collective experience.

Paul B. Preciado is a philosopher, writer, and influential figure in the realm of gender and sexuality studies. Their work is distinguished by its unapologetic exploration of identity, challenging established norms and inspiring critical dialogue. Their contributions, as seen in "Orlando, My Political Biography." extend beyond the written word and into their own lived experience. The film itself premiered this year at Berlinale where it won the Teddy Award for Best Queer Film of 2023.

Orlando, Ma Biographie Politique is the fourth part of the OS MUTANTES series, curated for WORM. With the series, my aim is to reimagine the conventional "coming of age" narrative, by recognizing that growing up is a far more transformative process than the typical cinema portraits, often confined to closed narratives and character arcs driven by personal achievement, or self-improvement.

ORLANDO, MA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE by Paul B. Preciado, 2023, France, 98 min,
French with English subtitles

OS MUTANTES IV // ORLANDO, MA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE

29 November 2023
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

OS MUTANTES III // PALINDROMES

Palindromes (2004) centres around Aviva, a young girl with a strong desire for motherhood. Despite her age, she believes she's ready for the responsibilities of parenthood. However, when she becomes pregnant, her family strongly opposes her choice, insisting on abortion as the sole solution. After the procedure, Aviva decides to run away from home and subsequently embarks on a journey filled with unexpected challenges. The 12-year-old protagonist is played by eight different actors of varying ages, races, and genders.

Todd Solondz, who will join us online for a live Q&A, is an American filmmaker, celebrated for his ability to address uncomfortable subjects, challenging societal norms, and provoking discussions about the human condition. His films with the likes of Welcome to the Dollhouse or Happiness have been praised at Cannes, Sundance, or Venice Film Festivals to name a few. While making Palindromes, despite later earning critical acclaim, Todd Solondz initially encountered considerable difficulties securing funding for the film, leading him to personally finance a significant portion of the project.

Palindromes by Todd Solondz, 2004, USA, 100 minutes, English with Dutch subtitles

OS MUTANTES III // PALINDROMES

1 November 2023
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

OS MUTANTES I // AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL a.k.a. 大象席地而坐

An Elephant Sitting Still is the first part in a new film series called OS MUTANTES, curated for WORM. With the series, my aim is to collectively reimagine the conventional "coming of age" narrative, by recognizing that growing up is a far more transformative process than the typical cinema portraits, often confined to closed narratives and character arcs driven by personal achievement, or self-improvement. The title for the series is taken from Teresa Villaverde’s second film, Os Mutantes, which we will screen later this year.

An Elephant Sitting Still intertwines the lives of four characters in a bleak town, depicting their individual struggles, searches for purpose, and fleeting connections amid societal despair. Yu Cheng, a tormented student, battles both bullies at school and a troubled home life. Wei Bu, entangled in an unintended incident, embarks on a journey with an unknown destination. Huang Ling seeks escape from an abusive affair, while Wang Jin, an elderly man, pursues tranquility by visiting a contemplative elephant in Manzhouli.

Hu Bo (1988-2017) was a Chinese novelist and filmmaker known for his profound exploration of human emotions and societal issues. Tragically, he took his own life shortly after completing "An Elephant Sitting Still," which became his first and only feature film. Despite its initial commercial challenges, the film gained international acclaim for its contemplative pace, evocative cinematography, and poignant portrayal of human suffering.

An Elephant Sitting Still (大象席地而坐) by Hu Bo 2018, China, 234 minutes, Mandarin with English subtitles

OS MUTANTES I // An Elephant Sitting Still (大象席地而坐)

6 September 2023
start program: 19:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_049 ABOUT SOME MEANINGLESS EVENTS

A film programme curated by Furtado Melville featuring two remarkable works by Moroccan artists: the short film "The Smuggler" (2006) by Yto Barrada and the feature film "About Some Meaningless Events" (1974) by Mostafa Derkaoui. After the screenings artist and cultural activist Laila Hida will introduce and reflect on the films.

The Smuggler follows the story of T.M., who has been making routine trips to Ceuta, a Spanish enclave, for the past 30 years. Her objective is to smuggle back fabrics, clothing, and branded goods that shop owners in Tangier have ordered. Despite the constant surveillance by tax and customs officers, T.M.’s age works to her advantage, as they rarely search inside her coat at the border. Against the backdrop of black curtains, T.M. demonstrates how she wraps her body with piles of fabric and finally dons a long djellaba, completely concealing the "tax-free" smuggled goods.

In alignment, De quelques évènements sans signification (About Some Meaningless Events) is a politically charged film which delves into the early post-independence era of Morocco after its liberation from French colonial rule. The film is set in Casablanca, where a group of filmmakers initiate discussions with the locals about their expectations and hopes for the emerging Moroccan national cinema. However, the plot takes a turn when a disgruntled worker accidentally kills his superior, prompting the filmmakers to investigate the motives behind the killing. The film was shot between January and April 1974, and it was never screened in Morocco. The authorities banned it immediately, considering it inappropriate for Moroccan audiences.

About Some Meaningless Events [De Quelques Evenements Sans Signification] by Mostafa Derkaoui 1974, Morocco, 78 minutes, Arabic & French, with English subtitles

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The Smuggler by Yto Barrada 2006, Morocco, 11 minutes, silent

About Some Meaningless Events [De Quelques Evenements Sans Signification]
by Mostafa Derkaoui 1974, Morocco, 78 minutes, Arabic & French, with English subtitles

3 May 2023
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_048 RIEN A FOUTRE a.k.a. ZERO FUCKS GIVEN

Cassandra, a 26-year-old flight attendant played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, works for a low-cost airline based in Lanzarote. She diligently takes on extra shifts and performs her duties with mechanical precision. During her sparse free time, she goes with the flow and floats between Tinder meetings and binge drinking parties. However, when she unexpectedly gets fired, she must return home and confront the problems she had been running away from.

One of the questions Rien à Foutre (Zero Fucks Given) poignantly asks, is how one can grow into becoming a human being in while working in an environment that treats its employees as mere functional objects. The film premiered in Cannes and won several prestigious prizes but didn’t get a general cinema release in the Netherlands, while its smart camerawork and meticulously excecuted art direction certainly deserve a big screen.

AWL_048 Rien à Foutre a.k.a. Zero Fucks Given
by Julie Lecoustre & Emmanuel Marre
2021, Belgium/France, 110 min., French with English subtitles

12 October 2022
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_047 EL PLANETA + TRIFORIUM

El Planeta is a dark comedy exploring contemporary poverty, female desire, and the complicated filial relationships of mothers and daughters. After her father’s death, Leo leaves her life as a fashion student in London and returns to her hometown of Gijón, Spain, where her mother is on the verge of eviction. The two survive by selling personal items online and running up tabs based on extensive lies. Their impending misfortune does not stop the pair from dressing up in their best fur coats, heading to the mall to sample makeup, and buying cute shoes (as long as they are returnable). Grifting their way to a stylish lifestyle beyond their means, their familial bond over common tragedy strengthens as evident doom nears.

El Planeta premiered at Sundance in 2021 and subsequently played at many other fine venues, including MoMA, Tate Modern and the Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival.

EL Planeta by Amalia Ulman 2021, Spain/USA, 82 min., English spoken

El Planeta will be preceded by Triforium, a short film by Jayne Parker, which takes its name from the place where it was filmed: the triforium of London’s Westminster Abbey, a gallery hidden from view for 700 years. Accompanied by Laurence’s Crane’s music, the film holds the stillness and quietude of the triforium, the accumulation of centuries of ascending prayer.

Triforium by Jayne Parker 2021, UK, 7.25 min., no dialogue

AWL_047 EL Planeta
by Amalia Ulman
13 April 2022
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_046 DARKNESS THERE AND NOTHING MORE

Darkness There and Nothing More is the impressive feature debut of Croatian artist/theatre director/filmmaker Tea Tupajić (Sarajevo, 1984). In it, she invites two veterans of Dutchbat - a Dutch battalion under the command of the United Nations in Srebrenica in 1995 - to each spend a night with her in an empty theatre. She confronts them, the viewer and herself with the repercussions of a drama that unfolds in every war: the story of those who suffer and those tasked to protect them, but who fail to do so.

Darkness There And Nothing More by Tea Tupajić 2021, Netherlands, 88 min., English spoken

Watching the film on the big screen is an incredibly intimate experience, seamlessly crossing the boundary between theatre and documentary film. Tea Tupajić will be present to discuss the film.

AWL_046 DARKNESS THERE AND NOTHING ELSE
by Tea Tupajić
13 April 2022
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_045 REBEL DYKES

We'll kick off the AWL_ 2022 series with an irresistible documentary fresh off the festival circuit, taking place during a pivotal ten-year period in London and UK history: 1981-1991.

Rebel Dykes follows a tight-knit group of friends who met around 1982 at Greenham Common peace camp, established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. They bonded and went on to become artists, performers, musicians and activists in London. Pressured by Margaret Thatcher's repressive policies, they developed modes of activism and solidarity that were unprecedented in lgbtqi+ communities at the time.

REBEL DYKES by Harri Shanahan  +  Siân A. Williams, 2021, UK, 92 mins, English w/ English subtitles

The film is a refreshingly raw mash-up of animation, archive footage and interviews, conceived by Harri Shanahan and  Siân A. Williams. It offers an intimate look at a radical scene: squatters, BDSM nightclubs, ACT-UP activists and the close ties of chosen families. It is a testimony to a vanished world, told by people who not only expressed their political views with conviction, but also recount them in the most compelling way.

AWL_045 REBEL DYKES
16 February 2022
start program: 20:30h
pre sale tickets: WORM SOLD OUT
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_044 FILS DE PLOUC (MOTHER SCHMUCKERS!)

Eindelijk iets om te lachen
Enfin quelque chose à rire
Finally something to laugh about

I'm looking forward to end 2021 on a high note, with the funniest film I saw this year.

Mother Schmuckers (Fils de Plouc) is set in present day Brussels. In it, we follow Issachar & Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties living with their mother Cashmere in a low-rent neighbourhood. When they lose January-Jack, their mother's beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it before she will kick them out. They are constantly on the move, bumping into one colourful character after another, each more stupid than the last – including their father, the redneck Patras Familias, played by French superstar Mathieu Amalric. Mother Schmuckers is a trashy, bin-dipping, zany slapstick comedy, and the ultimate Christmas movie, if you ask me.

AWL_044 FILS DE PLOUC (MOTHER SCHMUCKERS!)
11 December 2021
start program: 14:00h
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

FIELD RECORDINGS III

Field Recordings is back! On 12, 13 and 14 November, we'll present a programme filled with anthropological media, experimental film, and sound performances.

The third edition of Field Recordings focuses on critical and radical forms of fieldwork - from sensory ethnographies and experimental documentaries to live sound performances and situated praxes of listening.

Filmmakers/artists Daniel Asadi Faezi, Hira Nabi, and Morgan Quaintance will join us in person to discuss their latest work. WET Collective will host a three-day workshop on relational sound recordings. And Maarja Nuut will perform her newest album, Hinged, which includes a myriad of extraordinary field recordings.

Day tickets are available via WORM:

12 November: here
13 November: here
14 November: here

Throughout the weekend, we'll present work by the following anthroplogists/artists/filmmakers/sound recordists: Daniel Asadi Faezi, Joshua Bonnetta, Maya Da-rin, Charles Fairbanks & Saul Kak, Sky Hopinka, Lech Kowalski, Oliver Laxe, Hira Nabi, Maarja Nuut, Hanna Rullmann & Faiza Ahmad Khan, Morgan Quaintance, Stephanie Spray, WET, Rhayne Vermette, Your Bros. Filmmaking Group.

Check the new website for info on all the works presented.

Field Recordings III
12-14 November 2021
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_043 FIELD RECORDINGS III (Prelude)

In anticipation of our three-day event on November 12-13-14, this coming Wednesday we will screen two singular films representing two sides of the Field Recordings spectrum.

In his short film South, artist and writer Morgan Quaintance traces two anti-racist and anti-authoritarian liberation movements – in South London and Chicago’s South Side. Interlinked with the filmmaker’s own history and biography, South is an expressionistic exploration of what happens when speech is muted, bracketed, and ignored. Morgan Quaintance will be one of three attending artists during Field Recordings 3 and we were lucky enough to be able to commission a new work by him, which we will preview on November 14th.

South by Morgan Quaintance, 2020, UK, 28 minutes, English

The feature documentary One Says No traces the expansions and contractions of gentrificiation and urban development in China's Jilin Province. Chronicling the life of an activist who aims to resist and challenge property developers, filmmaker Zhao Dayong points towards the perplexing power relations between government and citizens. Filmed in the tradition of observational cinema, One Says No is a poignant portrait of a village in flux.

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Field Recordings III (Prelude)
Wednesday 20 October 2021
Doors open: 20.15
Start screening: 20.30
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_042 I WAS HOME BUT (ICH WAR ZU HAUSE ABER)

Astrid, a forty-something mother of two, struggles to regain her balance in the wake of her husband’s death. As new questions confront Astrid from every angle, even simple activities like buying a bicycle or engaging with a work of art, are fraught with unexpected challenges. An introverted and incredibly powerful film that conjures up associations with Michael Haneke’s more restrained work. It won Angela Schanelec a Silver Bear for best director at the Berlinale 2019 and hasn’t been screened in the Netherlands before.

I Was Home But by Angela Schanelec | 2019 | Germany | 105 min. | German w/ English subtitles

AWL_042 I WAS HOME BUT
wednesday 6 October 2021
doors open: 20.15
start program: 20.30
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_041 LISA SPILLIAERT

This coming Wednesday we'll pick up where we left off somewhere in the last year: watching films together, side by side in WORM's safe space, and hopefully having a drink at the terrace of the Wunderbar afterwards.

A work that's been on my list for over a year now is N.P by Lisa Spilliaert. It's a film between dreaming and waking, based on the eponymous novel by Banana Yoshimoto. Set during one Japanese summer, four people discover how one book unites them. The film dissects the young characters' complex web of relationships and questions how a work of fiction relates to their lived reality.

Although the film doesn't contain any spoken dialogues, I wouldn't call it a silent film. Indeed, it has an incredible soundtrack, containing newly commissioned compositions by noise rock legends Wolf Eyes (US), sound artist Asuna (JP) and the synth pop group Stacks (BE).

N.P by Lisa Spilliaert | 2020 | Belgium/Japan | 59 min | silent with English intertitles

We will start the program with an episode of Growth Record, part of an ongoing video series, intended to be presented as an installation. In it, Lisa Spilliaart records the growth of a young boy. As the voice over in the first episode explains: It was his baby, that brought me back to Japan in April 2014. I could have been the mother, because around the time the child was conceived, I also had sex with him. So far the series spans seven years of growth.

I'm thrilled Lisa will be present to talk about all of this with us, coming Wednesday, at WORM.

Wednesday September 2021
Doors open: 20:15 hrs
Start screening: 20:30 hrs
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

FEAST international competition

My feature debut Feast will have its international premiere at Cinéma du Réel, one of my two favorite French film festivals. It will be screened twice, probably online but we’re hoping there will be room for theatrical screenings as well.

Mon premier long métrage, Feast, sera présenté en première internationale au Cinéma du Réel, l'un de mes deux festivals français préférés. Il sera projeté deux fois, probablement en ligne, mais nous espérons qu'il y aura aussi de la place pour des projections en salle.

Screenings:

Friday, March 19 at 9 p.m.
Saturday, March 20 at 1 p.m.

FEAST world premiere

My debut feature film Feast will have its world premiere in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film has been several years in the making and I feel it was worth the wait.

Wednesday 3 February 2021
Start screening: 21:15 hrs
Tickets: IFFR

After this premiere the film will be available online for another 72 hours.

AWL_040 FIELD RECORDINGS x Documenting Complexity

For this special event of Field Recordings, we bring together a collection of films that trace the intersection of experimental documentary practices, anthropology, and activism. It’s the first time that T. Kim-Trang Tran’s The Blindness Series will be screened in the Netherlands. This experimental video series investigates the metaphors, ideologies, and technologies related to visuality and blindness.

The Golden Snail Opera
by Yen-Ling Tsai, Isabelle Carbonell, Joelle Chevrier, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | 2019 | Taiwan | 46 min.

The 2019 montage of Golden Snail Opera will also have its Dutch premiere at Field Recordings and we asked Rotterdam based artist Lisa Gliederpuppe to formulate a response to this collaborative masterpiece in the form of an In Real Life ASMR performance.

More information on all the works can be found on our new Field Recordings website

Wednesday October 14 2020
Doors open: 18:45 hrs
Start screening: 19:00 hrs
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_039 EMPTY METAL

Empty Metal follows five groups of characters, each emblematic of a different extreme political ideology, as they attempt insurrection against the status quo: a queer noise band is coerced into a dangerous assassination plot by a family of militant Native Americans who are aided by a Rastafarian computer hacker who is old friends with a Buddhist hermit whose son is a local militia leader.

Empty Metal by Adam Khalil + Bayley Sweitzer | 2019 | USA | 83min | English

This tangled web of marginalized voices is as diverse and contradictory as the nation that spun it, but there is a common thread: all the characters teeter on the dull knife blade that is contemporary American politics, but they refuse to fall right or left. Instead, they lash out from the soul, and under the radar, in an attempt to achieve what their mainstream predecessors have yet to accomplish. And all the while, the drones are watching...


Wednesday August 16 2020
Doors open: 18:45 + 21:45 hrs
Start screening: 19:00 + 22:00 hrs
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_038 CALL FOR SOLIDARITY: A BEIRUT FUNDRAISING SCREENING

AWL_038 consists of a special international touring program of short films from and about Beirut. The aim is to fundraise for those affected by the Beirut explosion of August 4th.

The tour is an initiative of filmmakers Nour Ouayda (Beirut) and Philip Widmann (Berlin). After Berlin, Paris, Marseille and Geneva the program is now presented in Rotterdam. The Rotterdam screenings are made possible by IFFR, AWL_ and WORM. Please click your preferred timeslot to order your tickets here: 19:00 or 22:00.

still from Prologue by Hassan Julien Chehouri (2019)

Beirut over and over again | Beyrouth plusieurs fois

(Text by Nour Ouyada and Philip Widmann)

You may have seen the pictures and videos of the explosion that shook Beirut at 6:08 pm on August 4th. It was larger than anyone can imagine. Till today, there are 178 deaths and thousands of injured and displaced. Many have lost their wives, husbands, kids, lovers, homes and livelihoods. Protests against the encrusted political system represented by the Lebanese government took place after the catastrophe and were answered with more violence, tear gas, rubber bullets, pellets, repression. A state of military emergency was declared and is threatening our freedom to protest and stand against a regime that has literally blown us all up. The regime is still keeping us in the dark as to what really happened at the dock number 12 at the port that day. Meanwhile we are cleaning up our streets, mourning our dead, worried sick about those that remain unfound and still counting the damages.

The catastrophe has escalated the severe difficulties experienced by many in Lebanon due to political inertia, the collapse of the national economy, and the global pandemic. Many are struggling to survive and need our help to rebuild homes, shops, find shelter and food, replace their work tools that they lost during the blast.

In light of this situation, we have selected several films from and about Beirut to be screened in various cities around the world. The donations collected at these screenings will be put where they’re needed most at the moment, and where they directly help people sustain their livelihoods. All proceeds will be distributed among organisations that offering help to migrant workers, refugees, transgender and LGBTQ communities, small initiatives offering basic support with food and rebuilding measures, as well as a solidarity fund for the arts. A full list of all organisations can be found here.


Program

Prologue
Hassan Julien Chehouri | 2019 | 0:30' | Digital | English | Music: Charbel Haber

E.D.L.
Siska | 2011 | 21’ | Super 8 transferred to video | no dialogue

2mg of rotten blood on pure white snow
Rami El Sabbagh | 2007 | 21’ | MiniDV to digital | no dialogue

Allô Chérie
Danielle Arbid | 2015 | 24’ | Digital | Arabic with English subtitles

Le Voyage Immobile / الشوق قد على / As Far As Yearning
Mohamed Soueid & Ghassan Salhab | 2017 | 23’ | Digital | Arabic with English subtitles

please check here for the full descriptions of the films.


Wednesday August 26 2020
Doors open: 18:45 + 21:45 hrs
Start screening: 19:00 + 22:00 hrs
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_037 LE CAMION

AWL_037 consists of two road movies, which at first glance couldn’t be further apart. One is considerably recent, the other a downright avant garde classic- and rarely shown in the Netherlands. They are both formerly rigorous, highly contemporary and deeply immersive.

LE CAMION by Marguerite Duras 1977, France, 80 min., French w/ English subtitles

In Le Camion, writer / director Marguerite Duras and actor Gérard Depardieu sit together at a table while she reads a scenario about a woman who gets a lift from a male truck driver. He listens, asks questions, she answers. The conversation is alternated with images of the truck from the story, driving through an evening landscape, while its occupants remain invisible, only to become animated through the conversation at the table. What initially looks like a rehearsal for a film to be made, actually turns out to be the film itself.

SUN DOG by Dorian Jespers 2020, Belgium/Russia, 21 min. Russian w/ English subtitles

Le Camion is preceded by Sun Dog, Dorian Jespers' graduation film (KASK Gent), set in the Russian Arctic. In it, we follow locksmith Fedor, feverishly roaming the concrete alleys of Moermansk, trying to be of service to those who need him most, who might turn out to be himself. It was awarded a Tiger Shorts award at  IFFR this year, and well deservedly so.

AWL_037 LE CAMION + SUN DOG
wednesday 17 June 2020
doors open: 20.15
start program: 20.30
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam

AWL_036 BLACK MOTHER

Two audiovisual works to reach beyond the solitary confinement to otherness.
Program by Furtado Melville, art director, photographer, curator, and writer based in the Netherlands.

When I Get Home by Solange 2019, USA, 41”, English

Black molasses, blackberry the masses. In WHEN I GET HOME director Solange Knowles weaves, choreographs, and sculpts visually through Texas and Houston where she rooted as a youngster. Black skin, black braids, black waves, black baes, black things. Black faith that can't be washed away. Or as Solange put it in conversation with The Guardian, "It’s one thing to think with your spirit, it’s another to actually live it through your body. Blackness will never go away. It’s who I am. It’s what I know. I’ll always be a black woman, and I’ll always create work from this black woman’s body.”

Black Mother by Khalik Allah 2018, USA, 77”, English

Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, Black Mother channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.

AWL_036 BLACK MOTHER
wednesday 18 December 2019
doors open: 20.15
start program: 20.30
pre sale tickets: WORM
Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam