Tilt West - Afrofuturism & Black Safety: Beyond Policing Panel Discussion
Afrofuturism is more than art, and even more than art that means something: it’s an expression of politics as well. It gives form in the present to black visions for the future, ones that often repair an unredressed past.
— Elizabeth Reich, LA Review of Books.
Police brutality and other forms of racial oppression are currently coming to a reckoning in the US, as protestors fill the streets both nationally and internationally. Afro-futurism has long been concerned with issues of safety, sovereignty, and the violence perpetrated against black bodies. For Redline’s 48 Hour virtual summit on Afrofuturism and Beyond, Tilt West and Headroom Sessions will host a 90-minute Facebook Live panel discussion on Afrofuturism: Black Safety Beyond Policing.
These source materials will frame the discussion: Mariame Kaba’s recent opinion piece in The New York Times, “Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police;” as well as her June 5, 2020 interview on the podcast, “Call Your Girlfriend;” and critical race theorist and criminal law professor Bennett Caper’s 2019 piece, “Afrofuturism, Critical Race Theory, and Policing in the Year 2044.”
Kadampa Meditation Center Colorado - Our Future is Now: Harnessing Spiritual Power for Change Meditation
Buddha was a revolutionary spiritual teacher who taught practical and transformative teachings that reveal how to create a new world founded in inner transformation and explained that we each have immensely powerful minds, with which we can create an entirely new world. Buddha’s teachings and meditations challenge social norms providing everyone – without discrimination – the opportunity to attain lasting freedom. He presented a path which is based on the equality and interdependence of all living beings.
About the Teacher: Alexandra Bonano
Alexandra is an inspiring teacher of Kadampa Buddhism and a Socio-Cultural Anthropologist instructor. For many years she studied and taught the African Diaspora in the United States and Latin America. Meeting Kadampa Buddhism was a life changer, soon after she left university teaching and began volunteering and teaching Buddhist meditation. Alex brings to her teachings a wealth of both understanding and practical application of Buddhist practices.
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Kukumbuka Mbele Film by Turner Adornetto
Set in Arusha, Tanzania, “Kukumbuka Mbele” (Remembering Beyond) is an experimental documentary film that strives to undermine Western development sensibilities through a cinematic exploration of forms of energy and innovation situated in the blurred space between material, spiritual, animal, and human worlds. In course, the film wanders through workshops where experimentation and storytelling underscore an imaginative foundation for uniquely-Tanzanian techno-futures.
If you’re interested in viewing the whole film, please contact Turner at turneradornetto@gmail.com.
BLM - Millionaire Series Episode 1 by Juannean Young
It's no secret that people of color have bloodlines of trauma. The world should also know how trauma evolves into triumph. Juannean was inspired to bring life to BLM (Black Lives Matter) - Millionaires Series. This installation is the first episode in a series created to present and explore the many millionaire success stories within black history.
Reach Studio Exhibition Art of the Moment
