things i carry into the world
Experimental short
3min. Color and black & white.
2.4
2016
Inspired by the work of four New York City poets, THINGS I CARRY INTO THE WORLD is an abstract meditation on the body, the feminine, the everyday realities of being young and black, and the fragile relationship between the manmade and the natural.
Based on the poem by Cynthia Manick. Created for the seventh season of Motionpoems.
SCREENINGS
2016 Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN, World Premiere)
2017 Playa Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
2017 Brooklyn Film Festival
2018 Silk Road Int’l Poetry Film Festival (Best Int’l Film)
2018 ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival
2018 Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival
PRESS
NOWNESS (Online Premiere) / TIDAL / PBS - Thirteen / Blavity / Button Poetry / Designcollector / Film Shortage / Poets & Writers / Shots / SHOOT Online / Moving Poems / Shots: New Directors Edition
CREDITS
Directors Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood
Featuring Esther Aloba, Trace DePass,
Nkosi Nkululeko, Makayla Posely
Director of Photography Frances Chen
Producer Claire McGirr
Editor Mark Potter
Colorist Mikey Rossiter
Sound Mixer Paul Weiss
Composers Rob Barbato, Matthew Compton
Executive Producers Todd Boss, Egg Creative, Carolyn Casey
IN ASSOCIATION w/ Urban Word NYC
urbanwordnyc.org
Created for the seventh season of Motionpoems.
motionpoems.org