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BLACKSPACE X ON SPOTIFY
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@MOTIONLIVE ON IG
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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
MOTION TEACHES NEW COURSE AT YORK UNIVERSITY – FALL 2016
York University presents Culture & Expression Research Seminar 2016: The Culture & Expression program invites you to join its Research Seminar- Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance and Spoken Word – with poet and playwright MOTION. MOTON – Toronto poet, playwright & … Continue reading
MOTION JOINS PAN AFRICAN POETS ON BADILISHA POETRY X-CHANGE
Badilisha Poetry X-Change is the largest online collective of African poets on the planet! Both an online audio archive & Pan-African poetry show delivered in radio format, Badilisha has showcased and archived over 350 Pan-African poets from 24 different countries. It reflects … Continue reading
SNEAK PREVIEW! ORALTORIO A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE @ RHUBARB FEST 2016
FEBRUARY 20th 2016 – Special Sneak Preview of ORALTORIO: a THEATRICAL MIXTAPE feat. MOTION & DJ L’OQENZ! Directed by MUMBI TINDYEBWA, experience this aural/visual mash up of word, sound & drama at Toronto’s hotbed of experimentation, Canada’s longest-running new works festival … Continue reading
HEADSPACE ROTATES EP. 5 TRIBUTE TO SON OF S.O.U.L
artwork by Sara Golish 2015 HEADSPACE ROTATES Tributes our brother Son Of S.O.U.L. Rest in Beats. Hosted by Motion | Selections By DJ L’Oqenz | … Continue reading
WATAH THEATRE SCHOOL INAUGURAL SAGE-IN-RESIDENCE
Sage Secrets is Watah Theatre’s Monthly Lecture Series honoring our sages amongst us; stalwarts of the community who have and continue to lay an impeccable foundation and example for us to emulate. Distinguished guest artists impart their knowledges through a … Continue reading
iLove ver. Black Season Finale
Written and directed by the Governor Award-nominated playwright Joseph Jomo Pierre (Shakespeare’s Nigga, Born Ready), iLove ver. Black is a new web series exploring the trials and tensions of relationships, communication and Black love. Set in Toronto, the series’ five … Continue reading
SON OF S.O.U.L – REST IN BEATS
“Star of the Story – Masimba (Son of S.O.U.L.))Thank you to everyone who made it out yesterday, you helped make it such a wonderful and fitting send-off. We wanted to share the video from the … Continue reading
SPOKEN WORD POETS CONVERGE ON TRINIDAD & TOBAGO!
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago – August 2015 – Congrats to all the movers, artists and participants of the annual Festival of Spoken Word, presented by the University of the West Indies. This year’s festival features performances by international … Continue reading
MOTION TALKS THE POWER OF WORD ON HOCTOK.COM
“Words, language, communication – these are power… The power to define yourself, the power to give voice, to tell your own story and not have your story told for you or to you. Words can also mobilize – a whole … Continue reading
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