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WELCOME TO
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EPISTLES OF LOVE
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JUSTICE FOR MATT
FINISHING AWARD GRANTS
Lois Moses - Justice for Matt (Documentary) Abierto Media Fund
is pleased to announce Lois Moses, writer/director of EPISTLES OF LOVE: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO EDGAR & CLARA , as first the recipient of support from the Fund. |
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And They Jumped Into The Water...Some
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While trekking through “The Middle Passage”, enslaved Africans are confronted with a perplexing choice, demonstrating some freedoms require great sacrifice.
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Optik Allusions Short Film Festival! Come discover our out-of-the-ordinary line up of intersectional short films from all over Oakland and all over the world!
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WORKS IN PROGRESS...
EPISTLES OF LOVE: The Gospels According to Edgar & Clara
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This work-in-progress is based on a series of letters exchanged between Edgar Wilson and Clara Moses-Wilson from 1936 to 1939. Through their exchange, we bear witness to the complex intersections of race, health, economics, and the impact that WWI, the Spanish Flu Pandemic, the Great Depression, and the Great Migration had on the lives, love, and marriage of African Americans.
JUSTICE FOR MATT
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Justice for Matt is a gripping documentary that shows how a tenacious and extraordinary young woman becomes an advocate and investigator, after her brother is slain.
PHOENIX RISING
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Camp Zachary Taylor - 2nd Lt. Stephen Edward Moses, "Grandpop" Letter to his father, August 1918 - Read by Grand Daughter Lois A. Moses
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Letters from the Ancestors is a series of short films taken directly from the letters/words of my Ancestors, 1917 through to the 1940's. These letters take place during World War I, the Spanish Flu Pandemic, The Red Summer, the Great Depression, and the Great Migration. Stay tuned for more videos to come...
COMPLETED WORKS...
Say That He Had More Than A Dream... Written by Lois Moses
A Multi-Media Performance, debuted at Juanita College, that explores Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy, beyond "The Dream Speech".
HAIKU COLLECTIVE |
THOSE BAXTERS PROMO VIDEO |
COUNTDOWN TO BOOM:
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UNSILENCED |
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Four black girls died on a September Sunday morning in 1963, at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Countdown to “Boom”: We all fall down, written by Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon and choreographed by Kariamu Welsh depicts a Sunday morning and its explosive aftermath through dance, gospel music, freedom songs and theater.
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Unsilenced: Four Women of Color
A multidisciplinary performance piece featuring poetry, songs, storytelling and music in recognition of female artists who are known to have infused their creative expressions within the framework of social change activism. |
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