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shareThree works which explore surprising histories that overlap, reinforce, and sometimes interfere, from an alliance between Indian and African resistance to Portuguese colonialism, queer secret societies, and an encounter with a musician in Morocco who opens portals to other worlds.
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In this program
AN IMPOSSIBLE ADDRESS
Directed by: Suneil Sanzgiri | 39 mins
Culminating over four years of research around the bonds of mutual struggle for freedom between India and Africa against the Portuguese empire, focusing on the life of Sita Valles, an Angolan-born doctor and revolutionary and animations from the historic 1955 Afro-Asian solidarity conference in Bandung. Combining techniques of altered 16mm film, digital animations, 3D scanning, and archival translations.
SWING SWISH SWAY
Directed by: TT Takemoto | 7 mins
Using emulsion lifting and contact printing to recover the submerged history of mixed-race Filipina American Rose Bamberger, who rejected the political visibility of the Daughters of Bilitis (The Ladder) in favor of a “secret society” for queer joy.
AFTERNOON WITH A GNAWA
Directed by: Meena Nanji | 12 mins
The Gnawa inhabit ordinary and non-ordinary worlds, their music and song creating passageways between the two. This piece gives a glimpse of such a passage through a brief encounter with Mustafa, a musician who lives in Rabat, Morocco.
Dates & Times
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Thu, Nov 12
8:00 am
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Fri, Nov 13
8:00 am
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Sat, Nov 14
8:00 am
