OUR MOURNING DUE—a Funeral Sermon
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Our Mourning Due—a Funeral Sermon (installation & performance)
Description of Project:
A FILM BY AKEEMA-ZANE AND RENA ANAKWE
Commissioned by SCAD, Presented by The Walter & Linda Evans Center for African American Art
SCAD Museum of Art: September 21st, 2022-January 30th, 2023
CREDITS:
DIRECTED, SHOT, VO & SOUND DESIGNED BY AKEEMA-ZANE AND RENA ANAKWE
PERFORMED BY AKEEMA-ZANE AND RENA ANAKWE WITH APPEARANCES BY KAYLA M. LEE, BRANDON KING, AND KESIENA WANOGHO
EDITED BY AKEEMA-ZANE AND RENA ANAKWE WITH SELECTED EDITING BY BOOM BAP CINEMA
ADDITIONAL CAMERA OPERATION:
ON LOCATION SHOOTING IN JEKYLL ISLAND, GA BY SNYDER FILM PRODUCTIONS
ON LOCATION SHOOTING IN SAVANNAH, GA CASSIE STANTON AND JOËL DIAZ
ON LOCATION SHOOTING IN WILMINGTON, NC BY MARIA THERESA BARBIST, SARA FENTON AND KESIENA WANOGHO
VOICEOVER RECORDING ENGINEERING BY IAN VARGO
SELECT COSTUMING BY REMUSE DESIGNS
EXCERPTS FROM JAMES WELDON JOHNSON’S “GO DOWN DEATH”
Links:
https://www.scadmoa.org/exhibitions/aaron-douglas-sermons
https://www.e-flux.com/criticism/513765/aaron-douglas-sermons
WRITTEN MATERIALS
PHOTOS
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