Philadelphia based multi-disciplinary artist, Shikeith, has just made a short film he calls "#Blackmendream," which he describes as a “social practice activity film."
By that, he means utilizing social media as a sort of outlet to provide black men with a space for emotional expression – something that’s too often “denied through intersections of race, and gender," by the larger society and culture.
He hopes that viewers of the film will be encouraged to utilize the hashtag to publicly respond to a set of questions asked during the film, and engage in discourse about black male emotionality.
Inspired by recent events, that challenge…
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