It's Coming It's Real, 2022, Video
“Imperialism breeds an imperialist sensibility. A safari of images.”
- Martha Rosler
I began this project while recovering from a traumatic brain injury sustained during a peaceful protest in the wake of the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Myself and a few dozen others were relentlessly clubbed by riot police while taking a knee at the head of a march in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience. I spent the next two years unable to walk straight. This film emerged from a question: how is it that people come to accept, and even desire, violence on behalf of an imperial project?
Thank you to Michael Gira (Swans) for supporting and inspiring this film.
1st PRIZE BEST EXPERIMENTAL:
27th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL:
24th Annual Denver Underground Film Festival
15th Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
27th Annual Slamdance Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)
29th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival
18th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston (IFF Boston)
9th Annual FilmQuest Festival
21st Annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival
10th Annual International Video Poetry Festival
18th Annual Another Hole in the Head Festival
6th Annual Esto Es Para Esto Exhibidora de Cine
6th Annual Bucharest Short Film Festival