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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.
WATCH!! ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE Trailer
Part poetry slam, part house party – a coming of age story like no other. Born in the Northside, two Toronto girls grapple with womanhood and identity as they journey through their histories of ancient, contemporary, and Afro-futuristic soundscapes. The traditional storyteller and drummer are reborn in the beats and rhymes of the B Girl and the DJ. Written, Composed & Performed by MOTION and DJ L'OQENZ.-
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.
MOTION ON BRICKYARD!!
MOTION performs "Art is Power", "Mooove!", "Son of SOUL", "Running", and "Four Day Morning".
Brickyard is an audio/visual hub where Brick Books is proud to showcase excellence in Canadian writers, poets, storytellers and spoken word artists! Visit the website (www.brickbooks.ca), subscribe to the YouTube channel (Brickyard), or follow @BrickBooks for more.
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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.
@MOTIONLIVE SOUNDCLOUD
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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
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Author Archives: MotionLive
Caribana Sunday + Motion + L’Oqenz + Nana + Soul Proprietor
COMMON THREAD *CARIBANA EDITON SUNDAY AUGUST 3RD 2014 The Stone Lounge (downstairs of Revival Bar) 783 College St. W Hosted by: MOTION Featuring Deejays…. L’OQENZ /THE SOUL PROPRIETOR /NaNa HIP HOP / R&B / REGGAE / SOCA / OLD SCHOOL … Continue reading
COMMON THREAD + CARIBANA EDITION SUN. AUG. 3rd
COMMON THREAD + CARIBANA EDITION + SUNDAY AUG 3rd, 2014 @ REVIVAL, TO HOSTED by MOTION Feat. DEEJAYS L’OQENZ + SOUL PROPRIETER & + DJ NANA LADIES FREE/ $5 before MIDNIGHT/ $10 after #COMMONTHREAD #HEADSPACE Tweet
MOTION FEATURED AT NIA CENTRE’S MASTERS @ WORK
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COURTESY OF DJ L’OQENZ :: WARM UP MIX
Featuring some of the best of the watery ones…Ghostface to Glenn Lewis, Aaliyah to Onra, Isis and Kendrick Lamar. Bought to you by DJ L’OQENZ. Tweet
4 Maya
4maya I know why the caged bird sings why brown girls crave tears to dry from their bluest eyes why I don my purple holding head high when maya wrote me notes of hope toni threw me rope … Continue reading
D’BI YOUNG In ConVersation with MOTION
D’BI YOUNG ANITAFRIKA IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PROLIFIC POET MOTION ON THE PRINCIPLE OF LANGUAGE @ THE ARTIST SHAMAN SESSIONS – TUESDAY MAY 27TH, 2014 MOTION features at the upcoming ARTIST SHAMAN SESSION in conversation with D’BI. MAY 27TH, … Continue reading
HIP HOP CURRICULUM PROJECT LAUNCHES RHYMES TO RE-EDUCATION!
Rhymes to Re-Education is a Hip Hop Curriculum resource guide. Its goal is to mobilize the power, popularity and potential of Hip Hop culture as a platform for transformative education and re-education. Intended as a resource for both school- and … Continue reading