“Zilla March”: Flexing in the New York subways “Flexing, or bone breaking, is a mix of street dancing and contortionist movements mostly specific to Brooklyn. This video in particular is mesmerizing, almost ritualistic with this group of shirtless guys [they forgot to mention the female dancer] in gas masks all dancing together in the subway. […]
Read More Otherworldy Videos: New York Flexing1) Love Will Tear Us Apart: Japanese and Korean directors created a group of films on the strangeness and madness of love. 2) Attack the Block: Urban teenagers in London fight against an alien invasion. 3) Transfer: An older white couple inhabits the bodies of a young black couple to stay alive.
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Films to SeeSarah White‘s new video for her song “Limitless” from her album Space Madness.
Read More Otherworldly Videos: LimitlessMunsinah – Yiy Misty Sol – Star Baby Baby Sol vs Stinkahbell – Always
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Three Times a LadySinger Miguel released a new song, called “Adorn” from his upcoming album Art Dealer Chic: Vol. 1. A beautiful song and video! I love how the video incorporates the painting. Already some are accusing Miguel of being gay because of the video. Seriously! First, stop implying that homosexuality is wrong and implying that there are […]
Read More Otherworldly Videos: AdornEsperanza Spalding recently released “Black Gold” from her upcoming album Radio Music Society. In her explanation about the song, she said: “This song is singing to our African American heritage before slavery. Over the decades, so much of the strength in the African American community has seeded from resistance and endurance. I wanted to address […]
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Black GoldThe above BBC documentary, called Hidden Treasures: African Art, follows the impact of modern culture on the traditional religious Dogon art as well as the transformation of West African traditional art and modern influences in contemporary Malian and Ghanaian art. Watch the whole documentary; at the end you will see a some cool Ghanaian fantasy […]
Read More Otherwordly Videos: The Art of the DogonGuillaume Ivernel and Blacklight Movies are producing a film project called, Soul Man, which includes a sci-fi hero with an awesome afro. Shadow and Act did an article on the upcoming film, which the company plans to release in 2014.
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Soul ManAn African Epic. Alaalo (Someone Has a Story), is a short film by a Pratt Institute student, David Adeogun. The coming-of-age film deals with a “group of young African American children and their mentor, and their various struggles as young black people in a culture where Africa is hardly talked about.” To watch the whole […]
Read More Otherwordly Videos: AlaaloThis song is by English rapper, Juice Aleem (sounds like Jerusalem) and it is from his Wicked Scientist Mix. Reminiscent of the visuals of early Hip Hop & Rap video, it was partly inspired by an old VHS and TDK tape footage. Not only does Aleem use mystical elements in his song, but also the […]
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Sherese Francis 