Assata’s Chant and Other Histories is a multimedia Archive project consisting of an award nominated audio series, exhibitions and workshops.
The project fuses visual art, interviews, readings, immersive storytelling, music and sound design to tell an anthology of histories from the 20th century Black Liberation Movement with particular focus on Assata Shakur but including the likes of Altheia Jones Lecointe, Fred Hampton, Connie Matthews, Mutulu Shakur and Sundiata Acoli and more.
Episode 9
Format : Audio documentary
Contributors: 2 guests + 1 voice over actor
This episode focuses on Connie Matthews the Jamaican, international coordinator of the BPP.
Episode 11
Format : Audio documentary
Contributors: 0 guests, 1 voice over actor
This episode, focuses on Joan Bird, another woman of Jamaican descent in the BPP who was part of the famous NY Panther 21 trial which was the longest and most expensive trial in NY state history at the time.
After Joan’s Brutal arrest a statement she wrote was released to the press. a copy of this statement is held by Michigan State University archive.
I decided to recreate this statement
