Enduring memory is a "social acquisition," writes the Ghanaian scholar Aye Kwei Armah in his memoir, The Eloquence of the Scribes. Social acquisition means going to get knowledge from those who came before you. The short film Spirit of Oberlin seeks to do that with the historic Oberlin Village neighborhood in Raleigh, N.C. with elder Mable Scarver Patterson.
Read MoreIn the movement piece Voices of Katie B., viewers hear graduates proclaiming love and appreciation for their institution, a powerful rumination of the service it provided to them and the community.
Read MoreIn Channels of Hope, Helen Moseley-Edington's words offer care and encouragement. Her granddaughter and Asheville resident LaVie Danielle Montgomery reads her words while choreographer and dancer Alexandra Joye Warren invokes memories and ancestors through movement. Moseley-Edington knew of a better world and wanted future generations to know it, too. The film is part of the Weariness to the Flesh project.
Read MoreGenerational Guardians is a short film about the history of Asheville, NC. It features Johnny Lee Chapman, III and Anthony Otto Nelson, Jr., who take viewers through Asheville’s Black history using poetry and movement. The film is part of the Weariness to the Flesh project.
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