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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
Category Archives: Community & Education
SPOKEN WORD & BLACK FUTURES ON EGLINTON WEST!
Black Futures on Eglinton West is a community arts engagement project exploring past, present, and ideal future cultures of Black residents in the Eglinton Avenue neighbourhoods between Keele Street and Allen Road. Motion joins a roster of multi-displinary artists … Continue reading
BLACK WOMEN FILM! CANADA LAUNCHES DIRECTORY
Black Women Film! Canada (BWF) launches an exciting new awareness building campaign! The new BWF! Directory encourages collaboration and increased visibility of Black women in Canadian film, video, and media arts. Connect to blackwomenfilm.ca/directory for bios, photos and video links of producers, directors, writers, … Continue reading
YORK U. STUDENTS STUDY THE POWER OF SPOKEN WORD
GRIOTS TO EMCEES: Spoken Word, Culture and Performance returns to York University this Spring, 2017. During the 6-week credit course, York U. students explore the form, function and content of Spoken Word through the Diaspora – from language to rhythm, … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE DEBUT CLASS OF ‘GRIOTS TO EMCEES’ AT YORK U!
Dept. of Humanities Culture & Expression presents GRIOTS TO EMCEES Spoken Word, Culture & Performance Showcase Date: Thursday, December 1st, 2016 Place: Senior Commons Room Address: 010 Vanier College Showtime: 7PM – 9:30PM Hosted by Motion Join the debut class … Continue reading
MOTION TEACHES NEW SPOKEN WORD COURSE AT YORK UNIVERSITY THIS FALL
Poet, playwright & spoken word artist MOTION joins the Faculty of the Culture and Expression Program at York University and launches her debut course. GRIOTS TO EMCEES: Culture, Performance and Spoken Word, explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, … 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
