10/17: Octavia’s Brood @ Resistance and Rebellion, Minneapolis
The convening will bring together contemporary artists, activists, critics, and writers to discuss the application of art and culture and their effects on movements for liberation. Looking at the future of resistance through the lens of history from rebellions to Black Lives Matter to uprisings in the streets, the convening will create a space for discovery and collaboration.
Panelists include Roger Guenveur Smith, actor and creator, of Rodney King, his one-man portrait of the victim of police brutality whose involuntary martyrdom ignited the L.A. riots; Dean Moss, dancer and choreographer of johnbrown, his performative meditation on the complicated, controversial legacy of 19th-century abolitionist John Brown; Walidah Imarasha and Adrienne Maree Brown, editors of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements; Dread Scott revolutionary artist; Leon A. Waters author and historian; Andrea Jenkins poet and activist; Marcus Young behavioral and many more.
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Learn more about Octavia’s Brood: http://www.akpress.org/octavia-s-brood.html