Can You Move Like This: Black Fire
Kevin Jerome Everson, Claudrena N. Harold
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Collection: New Releases , Single Artist Compilations
Tags: African-American, Experimental Film, History
Can You Move Like This: Black Fire films by Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold consists of eleven short form works produced between 2013-2023: Sugarcoated Arsenic, Foosball: U. of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 1976, We Demand, Fastest Man in the State, 70kg, How Can I Ever Be Late, Black Bus Stop, Hampton, Pride, Gospel Hill, and Accidental Athlete. Though individually distinct in their formal qualities and thematic focus, these films reflect Everson’s and Harold’s deep interest in the interiority of Black life, particularly those formal and informal spaces where African Americans communed, hobnobbed, prayed, loved, quarreled, reconciled, and moved on. Within these communal spaces, which range from the college dormitory to the local bar, the directors engage the epic and the quotidian, the sacred and the profane, the individual and the collective.
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A cinematic exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at University of Virginia during the 1970s. Starring Erin Stewart as Vivian Gordon, the director of UVA’s Black…
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Based on a photograph taken in the mid 1970s of two African Americans playing foosball.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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The story of the anti-Vietnam War movement from the perspective of James R. Roebuck, the first African American president of University of Virginia’s Student Council. Over a ten-day period of…
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Kent Merritt waxing poetically about being one of the first four Black scholarship athletes at the University of Virginia.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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Two University of Virginia grapplers take instruction.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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A Sly and the Family Stone tarmac arrival as a point of departure.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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Students reclaim a popular gathering spot on the campus of the University of Virginia.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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The University of Virginia gospel choir Black Voices returns home from a triumphant concert in Hampton Roads.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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Set in Charlottesville during the early 1990s, an aspiring writer finalizes stories for the latest issue of Pride, a student-run newspaper at the University of Virginia. Over a hectic two-day period…
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Two Black University of Virginia hospital employees talking about the job site in a Albemarle County speakeasy.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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Paulette Jones Morant waxes poetically about being one of the first Black Women scholastic athletes at the University of Virginia.This title is only available on Can You Move Like This: Black Fire.
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