Dance films
ICHW Reel (2022)
This video reel offers a glimpse into each component of Idle Crimes & Heavy Work: archival and embodied research, live performance, workshops, dance films, and community gatherings. See the trajectory of the collaborative work from 2019 to 2022.
"Visitation" (2019)
A dance film by Julie B. Johnson
in collaboration with Giwayen Mata, filmmaker Kimberly Binns, and cinematographer Colbie Fray
Staged as a prison visitation structure in Grant Park, Atlanta - a site with a legacy of forced labor during the civil war, and proximate to the former Atlanta Stockade and prison labor camp. “Visitation” invites the audience to get close, make a human connection, and sit inside an embodied dialogue on the ongoing impacts of the carceral and convict labor systems on the lives of all Georgia residents.
in collaboration with Giwayen Mata, filmmaker Kimberly Binns, and cinematographer Colbie Fray
Staged as a prison visitation structure in Grant Park, Atlanta - a site with a legacy of forced labor during the civil war, and proximate to the former Atlanta Stockade and prison labor camp. “Visitation” invites the audience to get close, make a human connection, and sit inside an embodied dialogue on the ongoing impacts of the carceral and convict labor systems on the lives of all Georgia residents.
"Stroke & Stripe" (2019)
Mini-documentary by filmmaker Kimberly Binns
A look into the collaborative embodied memory process with the choreographer and cast. “Stroke and Stripe” refers to the marks of violence on women’s bodies, the meticulous documentation of every lash of the whip doled out by “whipping bosses” (often times for daring to pause and take a moment to breathe). “Stroke and Stripe” also amplifies the cruel irony that while cracks of the whip were tallied and counted in a registry, black women’s experiences have been generally discounted in the historical record of incarceration and convict labor.
A look into the collaborative embodied memory process with the choreographer and cast. “Stroke and Stripe” refers to the marks of violence on women’s bodies, the meticulous documentation of every lash of the whip doled out by “whipping bosses” (often times for daring to pause and take a moment to breathe). “Stroke and Stripe” also amplifies the cruel irony that while cracks of the whip were tallied and counted in a registry, black women’s experiences have been generally discounted in the historical record of incarceration and convict labor.