Curated by artist Gabrielle Civil, Black Motion Pictures is a series of Zoom interviews with radical Black creatives about race, performance, and representation conducted between June 2–14, 2020 and offered for FREE at REDCAT.org. Who are you today and what do you do? Can you think of a performance--Black or otherwise--whatever that means--that has meant a lot to you? How is Black performance marked or archived? How does Black performance relate to time (to historicity or ephemerality)? What is a Black performance still? How does Black performance matter? What is a Black motion picture? Spanning a broad range of topics—Black punk music, heritage sites, re-enactments, queer ancestors— the series launches Friday, January 15 with Jasmine Nyende. Jasmine Nyende is a textile and performance artist from South Central Los Angeles. She is the lead vocalist for the Black queer punk band FUPU!, and her art practice spans collaborative weaving, performative poetry, hand knitted clothing, and sculpture. Principles of skillshare, each one teach one, and DIY culture are core to her practice and inspired her craft and activism group Common Threads. Join REDCAT for future Black Motion Picture events: Feb. 17: Black feminist writer and performance artist Ra Malika Imhotep March 12: Black Feminist, archaeologist, storyteller, and artist Ayana Omilade Flewellen April 14: Artist Fox Whitney, Interim Artistic Director at Velocity Dance Center TUNE IN: https://www.redcat.org/event/black-motion-pictures-nyende