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Milisuthando Documentary Film Interview: The Lasting Impacts of Apartheid and...
Created by Milisuthando Bongela, Milisuthando (2023) is the powerful documentary feature film which bears the Indigenous South African creator’s name. The appropriately hyper-personal work features...
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The Media War Between Palestine and Israel – and the Struggle for Humanity
Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, declared on Oct. 7 — after Hamas operatives infiltrated Israel and killed an estimated 1,200 people and took over 200 hostage — has provoked earth-shattering headlines...
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The Multiverse of the Dreaming Mind, Pt. 2: Artist & Educator Alaya Dannu...
Alaya Dannu is not your average dreamer. With a nearly life-long practice rooted deeply in ancestral dreaming, the transdisciplinary Mesa, Arizona-based artist regularly acquires new knowledge, skills,...
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Invisible Landscapes Documentary Film Interview: Media to Sonically Explore...
A multi-platform multimedia project, Future Landscapes approaches climate change in a novel way. At its centerpiece is a documentary short film entitled Invisible Landscapes — which visits sites of...
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Hernan Vargas Artist Interview: Clay Sculptures for Multi-Sensory Play
When I enter the shared studio space of Argentinian artist Hernan Vargas — who presently works out of Casa de Todas Partes, a collaborative venue in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico — I am immediately greeted...
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There Was, There Was Not Film Interview: Emily Mkrtichian Shines a Light on...
“There was, there was not” is a common opening line for Armenian fairy tales. Filmmaker and multimedia artist Emily Mkrtichian adopts this line as the title for her feature debut — a documentary that...
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Phillip Gladkov Artist Interview: Using Birch Bark Animation to Tell the...
Over the course of the past three years, Los Angeles-based Russian-American artist, filmmaker, and illustrator Phillip Gladkov has been working on his first mixed media animated short film, Story of...
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Moloka’i Bound Film Interview: A Native Hawaiʻian Family Drama of Redemption...
Based off of writer-director Alika Tengan (Kanaka Maoli)’s 2019 short film of the same name, Moloka’i Bound is an intimate narrative feature film about a man’s return to society, his family, and his...
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Sonido Gallo Negro Live Show Review: Psychedelic Cumbia for Desert & Space...
Before Mexico City’s Sonido Gallo Negro took the stage at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle, the evening had already been beautifully anticipating their presence. Such anticipation began at the entryway,...
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Bizhiki Band Interview: Blending Powwow, Ojibwe Culture & Contemporary Sounds
Bizhiki‘s debut album, Unbound, released on JagJaguwar, presents a powerful reimagining of contemporary Native music, born from Ojibwe homelands of the present-day Midwest. A multi-genre, multicultural...
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All We Carry Documentary Film Interview: A Migrant Family Seeks a New Beginning
Documentarian Cady Voge‘s heart-touching documentary feature film, All We Carry (Lo que llevamos) (2024), offers an extensive look into the arduous journey of refugees and immigrants traveling through...
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Nahom Ghirmay Artist Interview: Crossing Continents, Curating Colors
As an immigrant who traversed multiple continents from a young age, self-taught Seattle-based artist Nahom Ghirmay has seen a lot of life. He incorporates his vast multicultural sensibilities into...
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Latino Vote 2024 Documentary Interview: A Powerful & Unpredictable Voting Block
In under an hour of exceptionally dense, well-edited content, Latino Vote 2024 showcases Latine communities across the United States, making sure to prove that the Latine voting block is culturally,...
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The Falling Sky Documentary Interview: Davi Kopenawa & the Yanomami Dream the...
In 2014, Yanomami shaman and activist Davi Kopenawa co-authored The Falling Sky, a landmark work chronicling the Yanomami’s Indigenous worldview and warning of the dire consequences of environmental...
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Mongrels Film Interview: Jerome Yoo’s Korean-Canadian Exploration of Grief...
In Korean-Canadian filmmaker Jerome Yoo’s debut narrative feature film, Mongrels (2024), Yoo depicts a family attempting to put back the pieces of their broken lives. Building invisible walls between...
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Scott Méxcal Artist Interview: When All Creative Work is Political
Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist Scott Méxcal is always ready to branch out to engage new mediums and new communities — through centering Latinx or Chicano identity, as well as uplifting issues...
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