thelastword
"thelastword" is a compilation of unraveling prime pandemic/protest text messages sent to both myself and my grieving family members who, by force of the pandemic, were physically and emotionally distanced from me. Collaged with clips from several music videos and live performances of, Hip-Hop, Soul, and R&B, "thelastword" is reaching out for any semblance of intimacy and grounding by asking questions of collective and individual grief in black spaces, communal desire, and hopelessness left unwatered.
Untitled Dance Sequence 4
The 4th edition in a series of awkward, vulnerable, and energetic figurations of queer afro-indigenous seance in an epicentre of state violence and surveillance.
Letter for Aida (Abuela)
Following the fallout of the 2020 protest, a highly alienating election, and emotional relapse, the film centers on an attempt to reason and make sense of the consequences of an uncontrollably cruel year. The piece introduces my practice to the viewer with an amalgamation of all the mediums I work in and between. Burning cop cars, archival imagery, spray paint in alleyways, and small knotless box braids. untitled (letter to Aida) reaches out to the inner parts of myself in hopes of finding faith to navigate the world by writing a love letter to my late Grandma.
"Urban" is the new "Primitive"
Filmed on April 24, 2020, in the middle of the pandemic and after several highly attended protests advocating against police brutality in the NYC subway, over-surveillance, and increasing fares, this film uses the common and politicized space of the MTA turnstile as a site of figurative political exploration.
before it ever even happens
A contemplative musical piece filmed against Earl Sweatshirts, "TISK TISK / COOKIES" mashed together with passing silhouettes of New York's bubbling turmoil and my own inward disillusionment.
Cruzin - "Vamp Life"
Music Video for Cruzin.
