MEANWHILE (2024): Transcendent Cinema For Now
Fri, Apr 11
|Epsilon Spires
MEANWHILE is a rare cinematic meditation about identity, race, racism and resistance. By understanding identity as an experience and embracing the chaos of existence, we open ourselves up to new possibilities and forge connections that transcend the limitations of our current reality.
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
“This is not a love letter to this country. But to us inside this country. We see us. We love us. We make eye contact and nod to us.”
MEANWHILE is a docu-poem in six verses about artists breathing through chaos. In dynamic collaboration, Jacqueline Woodson (text), Meshell Ndegeocello (soundscape), Erika Dilday (support), M. Trevino (structure), and Catherine Gund (direction), combine artists’ expressions with historical and observational footage to unveil a rare cinematic meditation about identity, race, racism and resistance as they shape our shared breath. Not just a film; it's a journey, a conversation, an experience not an education, reflecting the chaos of existence and the beauty found within. By understanding identity as an experience and embracing the chaos of existence, we open ourselves up to new possibilities and forge connections that transcend the limitations of our current reality. Beautifully shot and emotionally resonant, MEANWHILE is equally an art…