Multimedia Art Exhibition Black Rock: The Metamorphosis of Home 1/27/-2/24

Exhibition Title: Black Rock: The Metamorphosis of Home from Isolation to Connection Task Force Exhibition (Black Rock) January 27 – February 24, 2007

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC

OPENING RECEPTION, Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, performances by Maurice Chesnut, Shaka Zulu Overdrive and Nadine LaFond at 8:30 pm. REBORN @ Gallery Aferro, 73 Market Street, Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ – December 19, 2006 – Gallery Aferro and REBORN proudly present a two level multimedia group exhibition of 22 contemporary artists and changemakers of African descent and those influenced by the forms, traditions and history of the African Diaspora. Spanning more than 11 countries these artists of the Caribbean, South America, Europe and West Africa claim Home in a post -Civil Rights Movement era by gathering, re-imagining and dreaming a deeper connected community (albeit complex and scary) – together.

Jazz Films

There are a lot of jazz films and now that Don Cheadle is bringing Miles Davis to the screen I thought I would post a few titles to pay homage to the better ones. This is not a definitive list but a conversation starter for a genre of film that seemingly only gets cultish attention. JazzonFilm.com has a nice listing of films that are connected to the music.

Shadows

John Cassavete’s autonomous feature debuted in 1960 and gets credit for heading the independent film movement in America. The director initially touted the film as a living example of the jazz aesthetic by letting the actors spontaneously create their lines. He admitted later that much of the movie was scripted. But it is worth the view for its individualism and the mostly Charles Mingus’s soundtrack.

Don Cheadle To Play Miles Davis

Actor Don Cheadle is confirmed to direct and act in a film about jazz great Miles Davis. Cheadle is a fine actor who will have the challenge of presenting Davis’s complex character that drove the musician to create six different styles of jazz, defy the police, survive heroin addiction and after all that declare jazz dead. He believed Prince was the future of pop music and never stopped exploring new sounds. If only the planned collaboration with him and Jimi Hendrix had materialized. Fans think his life is too tough for film and better suited for a book. The film will speak for itself but Quincy Troupe’s read more book with Miles is a good way to get started.
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