Black Manifesto

Move When the Spirit Says Move

This Black History Month, nationally, much attention has been brought towards the theme of Saluting Our Sisters, paying homage to Black women. At Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage,

Black Manifesto! Anita Gonzalez

READ! Will ya! Educate your damn self. That’s the tenth and final commandment of Black Manifesto. In this episode, Pawlet is joined by Anita Gonzalez, PhD, a professor of performing

Black Manifesto! Cynthia Oliver

We’ll start with an easy question, “Does race matter?” In this episode, Pawlet Brookes and Cynthia Oliver explore the ninth commandment, “Race matters, who created it? Long live James Baldwin.”

Black Manifesto! L’Antoinette Stines

Family is all who can think with you, ya feel me? In this episode, Pawlet Brookes is joined by Dr L’Antoinette Stines, the renowned Jamaican director, choreographer, author, actor, dancer

Black Manifesto! Project X

“Platform yourself, and know when to de-platform yourself, comrades.” In this episode, Pawlet Brookes explores the 7th commandment with Project X Co-Directors Mele Broomes, Ashanti Harris, and Rhea Lewis. Based

Black Manifesto! S Ama Wray

Édouard Glissant said it, I repeat. “Opacity. Own it.” In this episode, Pawlet Brookes and Dr S Ama Wray discuss the sixth commandment of Black Manifesto, the relationship between the

Black Manifesto! Gladys Francis

Recognise statecraft for the witchcraft it is. This he fifth commandment of nora chipaumire’s Black Manifesto is the spark for a dialogue between Pawlet Brookes and Dr Gladys M Francis.

Black Manifesto! Maya Taylor

Refuse to dumb it down! In this episode, highly sought-after choreographer and movement director Maya Taylor takes us on a journey of self-affirmation, explains her practice of overcoming fear, and

Black Manifesto! Yinka Esi Graves

Free the feminine in u. In this episode, Pawlet Brookes and Black British flamenco dancer and artist Yinka Esi Graves explore ideas of freedom and individual truths and how they

Black Manifesto! Annabel Guérédrat

SHAPESHIFT. YOU CAN. In this episode Pawlet Brookes explore the second commandment of the Black Manifesto with Annabel Guérédrat, Martiniquan performance artist and co-founder of the Festival International d’Art Performance