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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: Press
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
THE ONLY MUSIC PLAYLIST YOU’LL NEED TO CELEBRATE TRIBECA’S RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR WOMEN
TRIBECAFILM.COM – BY MATT BARONE Women directors will be represented in full force at this year’s festival, and this exclusive Soundcloud playlist is the best way to party with them, no matter where you are. Slowly but surely, cinema’s longstanding … Continue reading
For Immediate Release – ANEEMAH’S SPOT at TD Then & Now Fest
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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
OKAY PLAYER features HEADSPACE RADIO
HEADSPACE Radio channels into the atmosphere this week! www.OkayPlayer.com spotlights HSR #3 on Mixtape Mondays, featured alongside radio icon Gilles Peterson. According to Okay Player “For episode three of Headspace Radio, DJ L’Oqenz whips up a dope mix of tracks highlighting some of … Continue reading
FRESH, BOLD & SO DEF WOMEN!
MOTION featured amongst FRESH, BOLD, & SO DEF WOMEN changing the Game! A multimedia research project incubated at the Hip-Hop Education Center at NYU, Fresh, Bold, & So Def: Women In Hip-Hop Changing The Game was created to empower and cultivate women … Continue reading
OTTAWA FREESTYLE LOST TAPES WITH MOTION & POWER,
A surprise clip found its way into my inBox… A long lost tape from Classic Cassette Rips. Motion and DJ Power featured on Capital City’s Hip Hop college radio mainstay “Peaceful Journey.” BiGG Up JWyze of Crown A Thornz for the … Continue reading
OBT BLACK HISTORY SERIES INTERVIEWS MOTION
by Adebe D.A. February 22, 2011 Share| As part of the Black History Author Highlight Series, Open Book: Toronto sits down to speak with renown Canadian poet, educator and hip hop artist Motion. OBT: When did you first discover the power of … Continue reading
JOANNE HILLHOUSE REVIEWS 40 DAYZ BY MOTION
Artist Draws On Caribbean Roots By Joanne C Hillhouse – Thursday, November 19th, 2009. A self-described daughter of the Diaspora, Motion’s writing has a creole personality. That is, it is its own thing but informed by the mixture that helped … Continue reading
