After the End of the World: Sun Ra Arkestra Lands in Miami
It’s not enough to say that Sun Ra was ahead of his time; it feels like we still haven’t caught up to him yet.
“The Rape of Recy Taylor” and the Secret Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
The brutality of the Jim Crow era is well known to most. The casual terror unleashed on black bodies and psyches through lynchings and beatings still echoes loudly through our collective memory, even for those who were born under the first black president.
Jumana Emil Abboud Maps Space and Spirit in Palestine
Above: The Neon Glow of the Rider by Jumana Emil Abboud. Courtesy of Jumana Emil Abboud. What do you know about Palestine?
#blackboyjoy: Robert Battle on Legacy and Liberty City
Above: Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Robert Battle. Photo by Andrew Eccles Robert Battle is no prodigal son.
A Studio Visit with Renee Cox
Above: Renee Cox in conversation. Photo by Passion Ward. There’s a story Renee Cox tells about her father that gives some insight into her work as a world-renowned, firebrand artist.
#Blackgirlmagic: Speaking with Innovative Director Tamilla Woodard
This October, the historic Tower Hotel in Little Havana will play host to a new set of guests when Juggerknot Theater Company premieres “Miami Motel Stories” in its lovingly restored halls and rooms.
Thoughts on the Black Audio Film Collective: An Interview with Yesomi Umolu
This summer, Pérez Art Museum Miami ( PAMM) featured a screening series of the work of Black Audio Film Collective, the pioneering group of British filmmakers and artists whose work in the 1980s and 1990s continues to stand as a touchstone in black cinema, thanks to its exploration of issues of identity, representation, and social and civic oppression of diasporic peoples in Thatcher-era Britain.
