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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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Category Archives: Word
GRAF, a spoken word joint by Motion, directed by Eklipz, feat. ZION
An amazing experience working with director/emcee & artist, Eklipz of Storehouse Media/Crown A Thornz, DP Robby J and graf pioneer ZION to present this new “petit film” GRAF. Blending word, beats & vizuals, we wanted to drop a tight collabo … Continue reading
she said he said
she said I think I’m gonna run away and join the circus he said no way I’m gonna become a wrestler don’t you wanna live an exciting life she said will you be able to buy me wrestlers? how bout … Continue reading
NUIT BLANCH 2011 “OUR HOPE FOR CHILDREN” EXHIBIT feat. on STRIZZZY.COM
Our Hope for Children art installation was featured at this year’s Nuit Blanche in Toronto. The streets were packed to from dusk to the break-a-dawn as T.dot stayed awake all nite long, finding art in the most usual and unusual … Continue reading
nine/won/one (flashbak)*
Looking out my window at cool blocks vibrations at bus stops, bus rock my rhythm writing offa my skull top A second to reckon my past, it couldn’t last got caught in the flash but shoulda stash my cash Thought life was … Continue reading
MOTION live @ the Trane
Photography by kareem Ajani. Cover design by riad. HEDLINES/OwnLand Security (live@ the Trane reMix) is a live reMix of my track Hedlines, performed at the Trane Studio in TOronto. The wordz were first featured in my 2nd collection of poetry, 40 Dayz (Womens Press). … Continue reading
“Graf” a spoken word joint by MOTION, directed by Storehouse Media
GRAF a spoken word joint by Motion, directed by Eklipz, feat. Zion Tweet
NEW BOOKS BY D’BI YOUNG & MOTION – CAN LIT REVIEW
CANADIAN LITERATURE: revolushun in the t.dot: reviewing d’bi young and Motion Reviewed by T.L. Cowan The two recent publications from Women’s Press reviewed here come from two of Toronto’s most popular and respected-and dynamic-performance poets: d’bi.young.anitafrika and Motion. Both collections refreshingly … Continue reading