Past Film/Video | Contemporary Screen

A Laying on of Hands

Presented in collaboration with Cinéseries

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A young Black girl stretches her hand to shield an outpour of light. It casts a shadow against her face.

Mar 19, 2024 7:00 PM

Film/Video Theater

Free for all audiences with ticket

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Programmed by Columbus-based filmmaker and writer Claudia Owusu, this month’s Cinéseries program gathers an intimate collection of short films meditating on Black girlhood.

Taken from Ntozake Shange’s poem of the same title, A Laying on of Hands brings together independent shorts that tease the introversions of Black girlhood, contemplating the seeded laments that pulse through the dreams, spirituality, and lineage of Black girls. A Laying on of Hands invites viewers to examine the heft of the stories we inherit and their effects on how we negotiate our place in the world. (program approx. 71 mins., DCP)

Program:
Boneshaker (Nuotama Bodomo, 2013, 13 mins.)
Xagal (Wasima Farah, 2023, 3 mins.)
Grace (Johanna Makabi, 2022, 14 mins.)
Still Waters (Aurora Brachman, 2022, 12 mins.)
Bloodline: Soon Come Back (Nande Walters, 2023, 15 mins.)
Ampe (Charles Krampah, 2023, 2 mins.)
A FEW THINGS I’M BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND (Xenia Matthews, 2021, 12 mins.)

IMAGE CAPTION
Grace, courtesy of the filmmaker.

About Cinéseries

In the words of Cinéseries’ members: Cinéseries is a student-led group that organizes monthly screenings in collaboration with the Wexner Center for the Arts. We aim to offer a space for students and the community to engage with film and expanded cinema from makers of a variety of backgrounds. We aspire to create an environment conducive to critical engagement by inviting filmmakers to showcase work that takes risks, challenges norms, and opens a conversation by devoting to a wide range of artist-centered and independent media.

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Film/Video

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development 
Greater Columbus Arts Council 
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services 
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
David Crane and Elizabeth Dang
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate