Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION

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651 ARTS presents, in association with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Rooftop Films, its inaugural Juneteenth commemoration

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES  Some material contains mature content, themes, language, and imagery that some might find disturbing. <h2>For its first year, 651 ARTS’ Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION will highlight films that look through the lens of futurism and movement to illuminate stories about the Black perspective and the Black experience in America told through a hybrid presentation that explores what it means to be  Black and how to imagine a way forward together. </h2><h3>Headlining the film screening will be the short film <strong>WATA,</strong> along with the regional premiere of Charles O.  Anderson’s <strong>(RE)current Unrest, </strong>an encore presentation of 651’s world premiere of Marjani Forté-Saunders’ <strong>Memoirs of a…Unicorn: BLUEPRINT, </strong>and the world premiere of the provocative <strong>Cyborg Heaven, </strong>an exploration of the Black urban movement through House Ballroom culture and hip hop. </h3><h1>WATA </h1><blockquote>(United Kingdom)</blockquote><h3>Written &amp; Directed by Joy Yamusangie and Ronan Mckenzie</h3><h3>Produced by Julie Vergez</h3><h3>Cinematography by Beatriz Sastre.</h3><h3>Movement Direction by Abdourahman Nije</h3><p>Gucci and Garage Magazine collaborated to produce this short film, winner of Best New Director for Joy Yamusangie and Ronan Mckenzie at this year’s Milan Fashion Film Festival.  A short film inspired by water deity Mami Wata. WATA illustrates the journey of music from Africa to London through the meeting of our two main characters; Mami Wata and The Musician, who share a love of jazz music. The film is supported by Gucci, in partnership with Garage Magazine.</p><h1>Memoirs of a…Unicorn: BLUEPRINT </h1><blockquote>(Brooklyn &amp; L.A.)</blockquote><h3>Choreographed by Marjani Forté-Saunders</h3><h3>Composed by Everett Saunders</h3><h3>Directed by Meena Murugesan</h3><p>A visually stunning portrait of a Black family, its structure, and its integral connection to one’s self-identity. Memoirs chronicles how through time, from slavery through Jim Crow to today, that structure is tested. </p><h3> </h3><h1>(RE)current Unrest   </h1><blockquote>(Austin, TX)</blockquote><h3>By Charles O. Anderson</h3><h3>Performed by dance theatre x</h3><p>&quot;A High-frequency Call to Action!&quot; - Sightlines Magazine.  (Re)current Unrest is an Afro-contemporary choreographic exploration of the condition of unease and discomfort produced by the condition of inescapable social awareness.  (Re)current Unrest is inspired by James Baldwin&#x27;s The Fire Next Time, Ta-nehisi Coates&#x27; Between The World And Me, and current and historical Black protest movements. </p><h3></h3><h1>Cyborg Heaven </h1><blockquote>(New York City)</blockquote><h3>Poetry by Brad Walrond</h3><h3>Creative Direction by Kimberly Knox</h3><h3>Music Produced by $YNDRM</h3><h3>Dancer/Choreography by Pony Zion </h3><p>A celebration of the poetics and performance aesthetic of the black and queer radical poetic traditions, and the black urban movement rooted in House Ballroom culture and hip hop.</p><h3></h3><p><strong><em>651 ARTS’ programs are made possible by gifts from generous individuals and grants from Bay and Paul Foundations, The Black Seed, Con Edison, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, New York Community Trust, Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust, Wallace Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, including Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.</em></strong></p>

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