Armonia
Documentary about The Ummah Chroma made by alumni from the Ghetto Film School, making their debut as a collective with this film.
9'
USA
IFFR 2020
The cosmic journey of sacred youth, during which pain, pleasure and sublimation are non-negotiable. Shot in Baltimore, AS TOLD TO G/D THYSELF is The Ummah Chroma's first work as a collective and follows a musical rather than a narrative logic.
For an exploration of these themes in their ritual space, see the installation G/D THYSELF: Spirit Strategy On Raising Free Black Children.
IFFR 2020
- 22'
- USA
- 2019
- Director
- The Ummah Chroma
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Banch Abegaze, Erin Wile
- Production Company
- Rock & Roll City
- Sales
- Young Turks Inc.
- Screenplay
- The Ummah Chroma
- Cinematography
- Shawn Peters, Bradford Young, Maceo Bishop
- Editor
- Marc Thomas, Terence Nance
- Production Design
- Lauri Faggioni
- Sound Design
- Marc Thomas, Kamasi Washington
- Music
- Kamasi Washington, Erin
Also in this combined programme
Black America Again
A visual celebration of the beauty, strength, perseverance and spirit of the Black community in these troubling times.
22'
USA
IFFR 2020
Letter to the Free
Inspired by some of the greatest musical recordings and performances 'behind bars', this film is about second chances, forgiving mistakes, rehabilitation, love and exoneration.
19'
USA
IFFR 2020
- Director
- The Ummah Chroma
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Banch Abegaze, Erin Wile
- Production Company
- Rock & Roll City
- Sales
- Young Turks Inc.
- Screenplay
- The Ummah Chroma
- Cinematography
- Shawn Peters, Bradford Young, Maceo Bishop
- Editor
- Marc Thomas, Terence Nance
- Production Design
- Lauri Faggioni
- Sound Design
- Marc Thomas, Kamasi Washington
- Music
- Kamasi Washington, Erin
Programme IFFR 2020
Synergetic
This programme brings together work by film and art collectives that decentralise the mainstream narrative by providing us with alternative histories, presenting other ways of working and other ways of seeing.
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An adventurous performance where analogue projectors and film reels meet with amplified video signals.
45'
IFFR 2020
Armonia
Documentary about The Ummah Chroma made by alumni from the Ghetto Film School, making their debut as a collective with this film.
9'
USA
IFFR 2020
AS TOLD TO G/D THYSELF
The cosmic journey of sacred youth, during which pain, pleasure and sublimation are non-negotiable.
22'
USA
IFFR 2020