Multimedia Platform ALL ARTS Launches its ALL ARTS Artist in Residence Festival Series

ALL ARTS, the multimedia platform covering visual art, music, theater, dance, film, and literature, launches its prestigious new ALL ARTS Artist in Residence festival series with innovative films from four rising young New York City-based artists, Le’Andra LeSeur, DonChristian Jones, Jonathan McCrory, and Matthew Whitaker. The films, which were commissioned as part of the ALL ARTS 2022 Artist in Residence program, premiere nationwide Sundays, April 3-10, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET on the free ALL ARTS app and AllArts.org/artistinresidence and in the New York metro area on the ALL ARTS TV channel (channel lineup).

What’s on the slate?

Matthew Whitaker: About Tomorrow – Premieres Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. ET

A jazz artist who has been blind since birth, Matthew Whitaker explores his interest in film scoring with mentors, including film composer John Califra, film music supervisor Susan Jacobs, Broadway musical director and arranger Zane Mark and actor and vocal arranger Michael McElroy. Whitaker wrote the original score for the documentary. Watch the trailer below:

The Roll Call: The Roots to Strange Fruit – Premieres Sunday, April 3 at 8.30 p.m. ET

A visual sonic opera conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Jonathan McCrory, Executive Artistic Director of the National Black Theatre, this performance film draws on historical documents from 1619 through abolition to explore the Black experience of slavery. Watch the trailer

There is no movement without rhythm – Premieres Sunday, April 10 at 8 p.m. ET

Multidisciplinary artist Le’Andra LeSeur expands upon a multichannel video and performance piece of the same name, first presented at New York City’s The Shed in 2021. The film features original choreography performed by India Hobbs with music by Mama Foundation for the Arts choir and DJ MUSE(O)FIRE. Watch the trailer.

Volvo Truck and the Girls from up the Hill – Premieres Sunday, April 10 at 8.30 p.m. ET

Rapper, producer, and visual artist DonChristian Jones reimagines his 2021 impressionistic presentation, “Volvo Truck,” at New York City’s The Shed for ALL ARTS with newly-shot footage and archival photos. The original performance installation was an abstract and multisensory experience inspired by the artist’s youth in Philadelphia in the 2000s and his reverence for his mother and her four sisters. Watch the trailer.

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