Art Matters
Art21: Linda Goode Bryant
Directed by Chiemi Karasawa
14 minutes | All Ages
Artist Linda Goode Bryant builds communities and institution, most notably the gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), which she started in New York City in the 70s. Following Goode Bryant as she prepares for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art marking 40 years after JAM first opened, this short documentary looks back at how Goode Bryant brought artists from across the city and the country together and made a space for experimentation in Black and contemporary art and became home to vital conversations.
Art21: Hank Willis Thomas
Directed by Malika Zouhali-Worrall
14 minutes | All Ages
As a child, artist Hank Willis Thomas was told he stared too much and asked too many questions. Today, these very attributes shape his artistic practice, which pivots on the theme of perspective. This short film follows Thomas as he works on The Embrace (2023), a public memorial to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to be installed in the Boston Common, and traces how he draws from his background in photography to augment his work with other media and translates the part of an image that impacts the viewer into three-dimensional space.
The Frame Buffet
Directed by Nikolai Alexander
11 minutes | All Ages
A dive into the world of Roxbury-based artist, Nygel Jones who fuses woodworking & painting to construct art in ways, that extend beyond known existing geometric shapes. The documentary follows Nygel as he is preparing for his first ever solo exhibit at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall. Witness the art of woodworking and painting as Nygel takes us through his intimate journey, revealing the inspiration and skill behind his creative process.
HAMAPAH/THE MAP DANCE-ON-FILM
Directed by Daniel Banks
30 minutes | All Ages | Trailer
HAMAPAH/THE MAP DANCE-ON-FILM (30 min.) chronicles dancer and choreographer Adam W. McKinney’s return to his ancestral homelands—Benin, Poland and United States (Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, and Wisconsin)—to trace the intersections of his African, Jewish and Native American heritages. Directed by Daniel Banks and filmed by documentary filmmaker Laura Bustillos Jáquez, the work was created over a four-year period as a way to investigate the possibility of healing transgenerational traumas. HaMapah/The Map Dance-on-Film explores issues of mixed heritage identity and ancestry and offers a complex, powerful story about humanity and connection.
The Cinema of Marie-Josephe
Directed by Jil Servant
52 minutes | All Ages | Trailer
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte is the first black editor in French cinema and one of the greatest. She has worked with the most famous directors of French cinema and has edited unforgettable films such as the “400 Blows” by François Truffaut or “Sugar Cane Alley” by Euzhan Palcy. Let’s re-edit time!
