Insurgent Imagination

In this episode, we talk to and receive meditation from Jesse Littlebird, a multidisciplinary artist of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, and talk to Kat Lo, founder and president of Eaton Workshop, and Emmelia Talarico, of No Justice No Pride, about the Another World is Possible film festival and the film “No Justice No Pride” produced by Eaton and Current Movements. No Justice No Pride provides housing to the most marginalized members of the community, trans women of color, who face the grea...

In this episode we talk to and receive a drum meditation from Richael Faithful (they/them), a multidisciplinary folk healing artist and healing justice practitioner rooted in the African diasporic tradition of conjure, and continue our discussion with Katie Loncke (they/them), co-director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Katie trains groups nationwide on combining Buddhist ethics with concrete, creative skills for nonviolent resistance.For more info, see show notes: https://currentmovements.com/...

Our third episode of Insurgent Imagination is live! In this episode of insurgent imagination, we’ll be receiving an offering from Doris Duke Performing Artist, and ritual jazz theatre creator Sharon Bridgforth and we speak to artist Mia Eve Rollow about her solo exhibition, The Sailing Stones Act, currently on view at VisArts in Rockville, MD, and her work with EDELO [Where The United Nations Used to Be].Support the Show.

In this episode, we’ll be talking about love and rage, and the creative art of direct action with Katie Loncke of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship; acclaimed independent filmmaker, Sundance Institute Native and Indigenous fellow and creative producer at the NDN collective Willi White; and poet/author of “It Ain't Over Until We're Smoking Cigars On The Drill Pad: Poems from Standing Rock and the Front Lines,” Mark Tilsen.Support the Show.

In our first episode, we talk about community organizing and revolutionary struggle as depicted in two films about rebellion, The Wind That Shakes The Barley and BPM (Beats per Minute).This episode’s Threshold guest is Sanam Emami, an artist and cultural organizer invoking heart-centered change with The Omi Collective, a group of artists creating in collaboration in the DMV area.Insurgent Imagination is written by Mayuran Tiruchelvam and Katie Petitt, and produced by Imgard Rop and Joshua Gam...