Black theatre
iPhoto caption: Philip Akin at home. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
“I don't know why it is being placed on Black people to change minds,” says Akin. “I ain't here to pick your intellectual cotton.”
REVIEW: Cabaret Noir at MAYDAY/dance Immersion/Canadian Stage
Black histories and calls to culture within media (theatre, song, film, theory, poetry, language) ensure the culture endures as a living memory.
iPhoto caption: Kaleb Alexander, Alex McCooeye, and Mazin Elsadig in Pass Over. Photo by Cesar Ghisilieri.
You’re Not Helpless, You’re Comfortable
Pass Over puts audiences in an uncomfortable position, and I think that’s necessary. Sometimes the people who have been comfortable the longest need to be uncomfortable for a change.