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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: Events
ANEEMAH’S SPOT Presented at TD THEN & NOW 2014
MOTIONLIVE presents ANEEMAH’S SPOT at the 2014 B.A.N.D / TD Then & Now Festival @ Living Arts Centre, Mississauga Feb 8th 1pm & 8pm @ 918 Bathurst Centre, Toronto Feb 14th 1pm & 8pm Feb 15th 1pm & … Continue reading
NIGHTMARE DREAM PREMIERES JAN. 7th, 2014
Nightmare Dream premiers January 7th through January 27th, 2014 at the Campbell House, Toronto. Tweet
MOTION RECEIVES THE 2013 MY PEOPLE AWARD!
So honored by the announcement of the 2013 MY PEOPLE AWARDS Celebrating African-Canadian and Caribbean Writers. The 2013 Recipients are: Motion (Poetry), George Elliott Clarke (Lifetime Achievement), Dr. George Sefa Dei (Academic), Adowa Badoe (Children & Young Adult) Keith Ellis (Translation) and … Continue reading
MOTION IN POETRY Workshop at ETT ARTS Nov. 26th
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Performing Diaspora Explores Ourstory of Toronto Urban Music
“It almost felt like we were all there to renew the wedding vows of Hip-Hop and knowledge in Toronto by bringing our intellect to new heights of convolution; We did this through powerful discussion and conversation on important topics such … Continue reading
#1stcontactconcert invades TOronto – June 3rd at the MOD Club
Toronto, ON – A killer line-up of female artists including Zaki Ibrahim, Tanika Charles, Saidah Baba Talibah, Lal, Motion, and DJ’s Mel Boogie and L’Oqenz will be performing at Toronto’s Mod Club on June 3rd to raise funds for the 1st Time Project. The … Continue reading
ORALToRIO Previews @ the 12th Annual Rock Paper Sistahz Festival!!
Motionlive & the 12th Annual Rock.Paper.Sistahz Festival presents ORALTORIO: a theatrical mixtape Written, Mixed and Performed by MOTION & DJ L’OQENZ Directed by Mumbi Tindyebwe Otu with dramaturgy by Mel Hague and d’bi.young.anitafrika Thursday May 30th, 2013 at the Wychwood Theatre … Continue reading
#1stContactConcert plays the MOD Club – June 3rd!
WHEN: June 3, 2013 @ 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm Add to Calendar Add to Google WHERE: The Virgin Mobile Mod Club 722 College Street Toronto,ON M6G 1C2 Canada COST: $20 TICKETS AVAILABLE IN STORE! Zaki Ibrahim, Tanika Charles, Saidah Baba … Continue reading
