Filmwork

USUALLY RENOWNED FOR THEIR RADICALLY INCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE PARTIES, THE COLLECTIVE HAVE ADAPTED AND DISTILLED THEIR PROJECT FOR A DIGITAL LANDSCAPE.

Brownton Abbey Talk Show showcases performance film commissions paired with frank and open conversation between artists from the Brownton Abbey universe and its creator Tarik Elmoutawakil. Featuring Sonny Nwachukwu, Malik Nashad Sharpe, B2B and Lasana Shabazz.

The trailer for the whole event is here, as well as clips of the four different films:

All I Ever Wanted by Malik Nashad Sharpe (Director & Editor: Nick Virk)
Where Are You From? by Lasana Shabazz (Director & Editor: Mimi Koku)
Re(Union) by Sonny Nwachukwu (Director & Editor: Myah Jeffers)
B2B by B2B (Director & Editor: Matthew Arthur Williams)

Brownton Abbey Talk Show Trailer

Image Description: Digital illustration of two alien lifeforms speaking to each other amongst a deep purple background, surrounded by planets and stars. Above them is a light purple fringe bunting that decorated the top of the image near the words “Brownton Abbey Talk show”. At the bottom of the image are dates and a website link.

All I Ever Wanted

Image Description: Medium close-up shot of an artist near the left side of the lens, looking down away from the camera. Behind them is a blurred background of a room. The artist wears a pale yellow t-shirt and has split-dyed hair, red on the top and black at the bottom.

Where Are You From?

Image Description: A performer's upper body as a silhouette in a dark room. The body has feathers surrounding the shoulders and neck. A bright light shines from the top left of the image onto the performer.

Re(Union)

Image Description: The back of a Black body in white shorts and top as they are mid-motion on all fours, climbing up two steps towards a church altar. A bright light shines from the window in front of them, directly at the camera's lens.

B2B

Image Description: A layered image (fading between two shots) that shows 2 Black people, one on each side of the screen. They are wearing beaded hair that falls to their shoulders. On top of this image is another image layer of blurry brown and gold circles, resembling the beaded hair.