Tag: Nowness
Just Dance : I Don’t Need A Reason: genre busting choreography
Lady Camden of Season 14 of Drag Race shows off her dance prowess in this short video from Nowness directed by filmmaker Luke Willis. I Don’t Need a Reason is one of six collaborative short films, which Willis has directed to accompany specific episodes from the current season. This film is also the only film…
Define Gender: Muxes : a portrait of Mexico’s third sex
In 2016 Los Angeles-based director Ivan Olita traveled to the town of Juchitán in Oaxaca, Mexico, to explore the world of the muxes, who are considered the country’s third gender—individuals who were assigned male at birth but live their lives as women. The residents of the area proudly retain its ancient pre-colonial…
Tajabone : queer black French dance empowerment
As part of PRIDE Month ‘Nowness’ is presenting Tajabone as part of their Just Dance’ series. It’s the work of Nicolas Huchard a young Black choreographer and performer from Paris who collaborated with filmmaker Raphael Chatelain. The pair of them mixed choreography, poetry, and fashion to make the film come together as a celebration…
Lovesick : Love Me
This excellent NOWNESS series of videos under the banner of LOVESICK is the work of London-based photographer Stella Asia Consonni. Originally conceived as a photographic series, this particular film places the audience between the sheets with real-life couples who invited the Italian-born filmmaker into their homes. Love Me puts the amorous portraits from Consonni’s…
Rise London : Saam Farahmand’s stunning video highlights youth homelessness during lockdown
It’s so easy to forget that while we are at home bitching about sheer inconvenience of the COVID Lockdown , there are others also going through it too BUT without the luxury of actually having a home where they can sit the pandemic out. Some homeless youth in London may be lucky enough to…
