Akané Okoshi
akané okoshi writes about art, film, and material history.
By showcasing Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter and her art alongside Faith Ringgold, the film dynamically invokes how contemporary artists have historically attempted to address systemic injustices Black people face in society and how art making contributes to the world-building capacities of radical art practice.
Shot on 16mm by interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Cauleen Smith, Drylongso (1998) is a tender yet unflinching dispatch from 1990s Oakland.
Uhuru Sasa Shule, which translates to “Freedom Now School” in Kiswahili, was the heartbeat of The East, a Brooklyn-based organization founded in 1969 by Black people committed to self-determination, social justice, and diasporic world-building.
