When I enter the shared studio space of Argentinian artist Hernan Vargas — who presently works out of Casa de Todas Partes, a collaborative venue in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico — I am...
Read onThe 12th Annual Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2024 returns virtually and in-person, with an extended online streaming window from February 26 to March 3. Below are narrative, documentary, and experimental short film picks by AANH+PI...
Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, declared on Oct. 7 — after Hamas operatives infiltrated Israel and killed an estimated 1,200 people and took over 200 hostage — has provoked earth-shattering headlines emerging on a near-daily basis...
Created by Milisuthando Bongela, Milisuthando (2023) is the powerful documentary feature film which bears the Indigenous South African creator’s name. The appropriately hyper-personal work features often heartwrenching and always candid...
For journalists at Mvskoke Media, the Muscogee Creek Nation’s only newspaper, November 8th, 2018 was “fucking D-Day.” That was the day that the tribal government voted to repeal the nation’s free press law, right as a...
In its 24th year of programming, imagineNATIVE 2023 champions a program of Indigenous short and feature films from all over the world, as well as industry panels, music events, and much, much more. What’s notable about imagineNATIVE, held at...
What do you think of when you hear the words “to gather?” Who all is there? Where are you going? What does it feel like? Is it warm? Familiar? These are all questions that came up for dancers Symone Sanz, Cipher Goings, and myself when...
The exhibition Songs for Ritual and Remembrance is filled with music. Installation view, Songs for Ritual and Remembrance, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. (Credit: Emily Pothast) Upon entering the Arthur Ross Gallery at the...