Ephraim Asili Movies

  • 2020
    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

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    Based on real events, the film’s protagonist inherits a house in West Philadelphia that becomes home to an urban collective for activists of...

    The Inheritance
  • 2018
    Fluid Frontiers

    Fluid Frontiers

    Fluid Frontiers

    62018HD

    Shot in Detroit and Windsor, Fluid Frontiers is the culmination of Ephraim Asili's project exploring the artist's relationship with the African...

    Fluid Frontiers
  • 2015
    Many Thousands Gone

    Many Thousands Gone

    Many Thousands Gone

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    Street scenes from Salvador, Brazil and Harlem, New York.

    Many Thousands Gone
  • 2011
    Forged Ways

    Forged Ways

    Forged Ways

    02011HD

    Filmed on location in Harlem (NY) and Ethiopia, Forged Ways oscillates between the first person account of a filmmaker, a man navigating the streets...

    Forged Ways
  • 2013
    American Hunger

    American Hunger

    American Hunger

    52013HD

    Oscillating between a street festival in Philadelphia, the slave forts and capitol city of Ghana, and the New Jersey shore, American Hunger, explores...

    American Hunger
  • 2009
    Points on a Space Age

    Points on a Space Age

    Points on a Space Age

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    Points on a Space Age explores the recent activity of the remaining members of the influential Sun Ra Arkestra since the passing of its founding...

    Points on a Space Age
  • 2016
    Kindah

    Kindah

    Kindah

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    Shot in Hudson NY and Accompong, Jamaica. Accompong, Jamaica was founded in 1739 after rebel slaves and their descendants fought a protracted war...

    Kindah
  • 2017
    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    02017HD

    Through softly textured 16mm photography and regional iconography, Silva offers a modernist reflection on two of upstate New York’s most...

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder
  • 2017
    Calder for Peter

    Calder for Peter

    Calder for Peter

    02017HD

    A portrait of Alexander Calder's "Five Swords" as well as a tribute to a friend and mentor that I recently lost, filmmaker Peter Hutton.

    Calder for Peter
  • 2018
    Sketches and Portraits for Jean-Michel

    Sketches and Portraits for Jean-Michel

    Sketches and Portraits for Jean-Michel

    02018HD

    “Sketches and Portraits for Jean-Michel was photographed on the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan, two areas familiar to Basquiat, and visually...

    Sketches and Portraits for Jean-Michel
  • 1970
    Movie Tote

    Movie Tote

    Movie Tote

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    Constructed entirely from clips gleaned from the digitized contents of the Prelinger Archives, MOVIE TOTE explores the history of race and class in...

    Movie Tote