#SubjectMatter is a series of candid conversations with multi-generational creatives whose art is used to mobilize, ignite and empower audiences toward positive, sustainable change. Today’s episode features Anaka, LA-based photographer and director, and her latest project, “FAME,” a photo series that examines how celebrities balance their true identities and projected personas in the limelight and behind closed doors.
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D I S P O S A B L E | Summer 2015
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ON + OFF: Day 2 // Be Water Tour x Guard D’Avant @ Military Park 7/7/15
Episode 2: Guard D’Avant @ Military Park w/ Ezrakh + Judah Rising
In this interactive series, ON+OFF is an ongoing visual narrative that sheds light onto the every day experiences of performing/recording artists that give human perspective of life outside the booth and stage. For the summer, black congo will accompany MoRuf on tour to document the developments of L.O.E. on the road and provide fans with a closer look of how the movement came to be before Shades.of.Moo.
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LIVE EXCLUSIVE | World’s Fair x The AV Club @ Bowery Electric, “Pioneering”
World’s Fair x The AV Club at the Bowery Electric for a private brunch/film screening of their new video series, “Pioneering,”. At the brunch screaming, “FCK YR BRNCH!” Video recap and photos included.
FILM | On Filmmaker Nabil Elderkin, Hip-Hop Cinema in the Contemporary Budget Film Era
Between cutting footage and pulling selects from my past weekend in Rahway, Chinatown and Harlem, I subconsciously deviated from my repetitive task at hand and found myself on YouTube watching “Lookin’ Ass Niggas” on 1080p. Here’s how I came across Nabil, the leader of the new budget film era.
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