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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: Drama
U OF GUELPH NEWS ON ORALTORIO
L’Oqenz (DJ/Performer) and Motion (Playwright/Performer) collaborate on Oraltorio. (Photo by Zahra Siddiqui) Prolific emcee, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist Motion was part of the very first University of Guelph CW MFA cohort in 2006. Since the program, she has worked … Continue reading
BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH ORALTORIO!
“Oraltorio is as insightful as it is magical!” -Mooney On Theatre TICKETS on sale NOW Tweet
OBSIDIAN THEATRE PRODUCES ORALTORIO AT SOULPEPPER!
The boom-bap of rap, the screech of rock, the cycle of 12 bar blues, the polyphony of freedom songs, the abandon of disco, the bounce of the club, the rebellion of secret drums…. Part poetry slam, part house party – … Continue reading
LIVE SCRIPT LAB @ REGENT PARK FILM FESTIVAL
For the past 7 months, I’ve been facilitating a special writing intensive with the Regent Park Film Festival- WRITING THE WEB SERIES! On Saturday Nov. 18th 2017, 2PM, five talented writers will launch their pilot episodes in the LIVE SCRIPT … Continue reading
A MAN’S STORY IN ZANZIBAR
Impact Award-winning short film A MAN’S STORY had the great honour of joining films from around the world on the screens of the ZIFF (Zanzibar International Film Festival). Celebrating 20 years, ZIFF is renowned all over the world for bringing … Continue reading
AWARD-WINNING FILM A MAN’S STORY LAUNCHED ON BRAVOFACT.COM
4 Film Festivals, 1 Best Short Film Award, and an online release! You can now watch A MAN’S STORY – directed by Fernando Arrioja, written by Motion, and starring Emmanuel Kobongo – on BRAVOFACT.com! Seven CFC (Canadian Film Centre) alums … Continue reading
50in50: WRITING WOMEN INTO EXISTENCE in NYC!
Really EXCITED to join 50 Black Women Writers for the internationally curated 50in50: WRITING WOMEN INTO EXISTENCE! This special event featuring an esteemed collective of women actors takes place on Sunday May 14th, 2017 in New York … Continue reading
A MAN’S STORY EUROPEAN PREMIER AT THE AFRIKA FILM FESTIVAL!!
A MAN’S STORY, directed by Fernando Arrioja and written by MOTION features in the 2017 AFRIKA FILM FESTIVAL in Berlin. Starring Emmanuel Kobongo and produced by Jessica Adams, A Man’s Story makes it’s European premier April 21st through May 6th, … Continue reading
BLACK LIVES BLACK WORDS HITS TORONTO
So EXCITED to join the artists, playwrights, actor, directors of the worldwide Theatre Movement! Chicago to UK to Toronto, and beyond… Black Lives, Black Words THE 38TH RHUBARB FESTIVAL 12 ALEXANDER STREET … Continue reading
Thank You MONTREAL! #CINARS 2016
DJ L’Oqenz behind the Oraltorio sound controls at CINARS 2016, Montreal It was great to hit Montreal for the latest stop on the Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape Tour at CINARS 2016. With 3 shows at the renowned L’Ecole Nationale De … Continue reading
