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One of the highlights of our virtual Unorthodocs festival in 2020, we’re thrilled to bring back The Inheritance for presentation on the big screen.
Beautifully shot in vibrant color, the film explores the formation, growth, and tensions of a shared Black space for socialist thought and creativity. This form-busting, feature-length documentary debut from the adventurous filmmaker Ephraim Asili creatively weaves together the history of the MOVE liberation group, the Black Arts Movement, the political pop vibes of Jean-Luc Godard’s late 1960s films, and what the filmmaker calls a “speculative re-enactment” of his own formative experiences in a Philadelphia Black liberationist collective.
The comedic vignettes of communal life are interspersed with archival footage, poetry readings from the likes of Sonia Sanchez and Ursula Rucker, and musical interludes. This richly layered ensemble film is an inspiring work full of politics, humor, art, ancestors, and philosophy. Asili’s short films have been previously screened at the Wexner Center, Columbus Museum of Art, and Beeler Gallery at CCAD. (100 mins., DCP)
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The Inheritance | Image courtesy of Grasshopper Films
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Past Film/Video
The Inheritance
