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AKILLA’S ESCAPE
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
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LIMITED EDITION ORALTORIO TEES at BEDDOART.COM!
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Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance & Spoken Word at York University (Toronto), taught by MOTION. Explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, in terms of language, rhythm, historical developments, social- political contexts, as well as key artists of poetry, rap, dub, slam, lyricism and spoken word as live and direct purveyors of culture.
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WATCH! CORONER~CBC TV!
From the stage to the screen! Tune In to MOTION's TV WRITING DEBUT on the brand new dramatic series CORONER. Binge watch Season 1 and 2 on CBC GEM.
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HEADSPACE ROTATES ~ TUNE IN! ON MIXCLOUD
HEADSPACE ROTATES RADIO is an eclectic combo of progressive sounds - Hip Hop to neo-soul, beat driven, electronic, funk jazz, and yet-to-be categorized experimental astral soundscapes - reflecting the new, next and now of global urban sounds. Paying homage to the classics and the contemporary, HSR tunes into Independent music scenes, the movers and shakers, groundbreakers and the rare hidden gems that must be played. Hosted by MOTION | Music by L'OQENZ| Mixed & Engineered ZOé SOUNDMIND
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LISTEN!! HEADSPACE RADIO TRIBUTE TO SON OF SOUL
Author Archives: MotionLive
REVENGE OF THE BEST BLACK FRIEND UP FOR THE CSA AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD!
In addition to NINE Canadian Screen Award nominations that REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND has received for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards, the Academy has selected the series to be one of its curated, Original Top 10 series in contention … Continue reading
MOTION HOSTS ‘CUT TO’ PODCAST FEAT. HELLO, AGAIN!
https://www.wgc.ca/sites/default/files/resource/wttv/04-CUTTOHelloAgain_0.mp3 In this episode, we CUT TO: the making of the CBC Gem series Hello (Again) with guests Nathalie Younglai—executive producer/showrunner/co-creator/writer—and series writers Leonard Chan and Lief Ramsaran. The host, Motion, talks to the panel about everything from tips for … Continue reading
AKILLA’S ESCAPE U.K. THEATRICAL RELEASE AUGUST 26th!
AKILLA’S ESCAPE is hitting cinemas across the U.K. on August 26th! Follow Akilla’s Escape on Instagram for latest updates and showtimes. Tweet
CBC, BIPOC TV & Film, CFC Announce Showrunner Catalyst!
INAUGURAL PARTICIPANTS: ANDREW BURROWS-TROTMAN, MOTION & IAN IQBAL RASHID June 12, 2022 – CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) today announced at the Banff World Media Festival the creation of a new accelerator program, the CBC-BIPOC TV … Continue reading
REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND PREMIERS TODAY ON CBC GEM!
REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND is an episodic series created, co-written, and co-produced by award-winning writer Amanda Parris that follows Dr. Toni Shakur, a self-help guru whose singular mission is to cancel the entertainment industry’s reliance on token Black … Continue reading
INSIDE THE WRITERS ROOM…THE PORTER!
Exciting times!! It’s 1921! Friends and train porters Junior and Zeke find their unbreakable bond stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life. Set in the roaring, jazz-filled 1920s and inspired by real events, THE … Continue reading
AKILLA’S ESCAPE WINS BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY CSA!
CHARLES OFFICER & WENDY MOTION BRATHWAITE – Canadian Screen Award Winner for Original Screenplay | Meilleur scénario original for “Akilla’s Escape” 🎬 Due to the times, no live @thecndacademy ceremonies this year. But we got to shoot with portrait photographer @georgepimentel1 & … Continue reading
INSIDE THE BIPOC SHOWRUNNER BOOTCAMP!
It’s an exciting time to join with over 50 writers for the inaugural SHOWRUNNER BOOTCAMP! Created by writer/executive producer Anthony Q. Farrell (Overlord and the Underwoods, The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker, Secret Life of Boys, The Office), and presented by BIPOC … Continue reading
BLACKSPACE X RADIO VOL. III – EMANCIPATION DAY 2021!
BLACKSPACE X RADIO VOL. III LIBERATE! 30 AFROFUTURE CHUNES FOR EMANCIPATION DAY! #FREEUP A Playlist by MOTIONLIVE This is a journey into sound – FREEDOM. The coded sonics of Swing Low’s chariot, to the Mothership’s connection, we travel the … Continue reading
AKILLA’S ESCAPE OPENS IN U.S. & CANADA!
ORDER NOW ON VOD!! We are so excited to announce that our feature film AKILLA’S ESCAPE releases on the big and small screens tonight!! Akilla’s Escape, directed by Charles Officer, has its theatrical release June … Continue reading
