Documentary pieces about Detroit Safety Team and BLM Detroit

THE GOLDEN LOC Trailer is HERE! Stay Tuned for the full piece, August 19th THE GOLDEN LOC Written by: Prentiss Matthews III Stage Direction by: Asia Mark Director of Photography: Charles Kennedy Sound Designer / Post Audio: Justin Sloan Lighting Designer: Roy Douglas Stage Manager: Joy Green From Season 4 of the Obsidian Theatre Festival, GhostLight Creative Productions and Nicely Theatre bring you, our first TYA play in the festival's history, THE GOLDEN LOC by Prentiss Matthews III. THE GOLDEN LOC is a bold and imaginative play that explores the intersections of self-love, identity, and inner power. Inspired by African Mythology. The story centers on a little Black girl (Zia) who learns to embrace her unique locs, beauty, and magic within. The show explores Aziza Faires which are magical African Fairies who have elemental abilities. The Aziza Fairies also offer spiritual and emotional guidance to young Zia as she trains to become a Fairy protector. Will she succeed and learn to harness her power from within? We shall see. The play explores themes of Afrofantasy, Afrocentricity, Self Love, Healing, and sisterhood. 🎞️ Stay tuned for more from our 4th Season! Check out the Season 4 playlist for more trailers, our TI'MON Documentary and Cabaret content! https://obsidianfest.org 🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more original Black theatre on film. #afrofuturism #tya #blackgirls #blackfairies #blackfamilies #blackmom #blackdaughters #blackprincesses

Ti'Mon - Musical Theatre Workshop and Development Doc Book and Lyrics by Ashlee K. Thomas Music by Ziyan Yang ABOUT THE PIECE: "Ti'mon" is a dystopian musical about young Haitian boy, left orphaned in France for 5 years, now sent to America to be reunited with a woman who calls herself mother. With his new life frighteningly foreign, Ti'mon turns to his doll Eshleem to help him devise a plan to escape. ABOUT THE DOC: During the 4th Season, the artistic team of the Obsidian Theatre Festival saw an opportunity to support the development of a piece for our Musical Theatre Workshop that summer. Over the course of several months, the team met with Dramaturg, Kanoa Sims. This Doc share the journey and conversations leading up to the performances and post-show conversations. To watch the full piece: Subscribe to streaming on our website today! Join here for free: https://bit.ly/joinotfstream DOC CREDITS: Ti’mon Documentary Director – Toni Cunningham Producer – Kennikki Jones-Jones Film Production Coordinator – Amisha Datta Director of Photography – Charles Kennedy Camera Tech – Kenneth Davenport Camera Operator – Eugene Camera Operator – Rishi Gudduguriki Audio Mixer – Andre Bottesi Audio Assistant – Nick Bottesi Sound Designer / Post Audio – Justin Sloan DIT – Baraka Elmadari Lead Production Assistant – Maverick Kelly Production Assistant – Christian Pernicano Production Assistant – Julia Ciccẞne OBSIDIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE STAFF: Obsidian Theatre Festival Producing Artistic Director,  OTF Co-Executive Producer , John Sloan III OTF Co-Executive Producer David Carroll Associate Artistic Director / General Manager  Amber D. Gray Associate Artistic Director / Senior Creative Producer Garlia Cornelia Jones Business Manager/Associate Producer, Conwell Worthington III Production Manager, Kaila Madison Director of Film Production/Film Director Kennikki Jones-Jones Director of Film Production/Senior Film ProducerToni Cunningham  #timon #nyu #musicaltheatreworkshop #musicaltheatre #blackfamilies #musicteams #newmusicals #documentaries #dramaturgy

Join us as we celebrate 5 Years of Excellence. We launched The Obsidian Theatre Festival 5 years ago, and now we celebrate our growth as our programming expands into youth arts education, community engagement, arts journalism, professional development. Come out June 29th and help us celebrate. Special Honorees include: NJIA KAI - Detroit producer, filmmaker, and Event Curator DR. GEORGE SHIRLEY - Opera Legend, Arts Educator #detroit #arts #artsactivism #performingarts #theatre #opera #blackexcellence #broadway #musicaltheatre #ghostlight #wearelimitless www.ghostlight.art/limitless

Join us as we celebrate 5 Years of Excellence. We launched The Obsidian Theatre Festival 5 years ago, and now we celebrate our growth as our programming expands into youth arts education, community engagement, arts journalism, professional development. Come out June 29th and help us celebrate. Special Honorees include: NJIA KAI - Detroit producer, filmmaker, and Event Curator DR. GEORGE SHIRLEY - Opera Legend, Arts Educator #detroit #arts #artsactivism #performingarts #theatre #opera #blackexcellence #broadway #musicaltheatre #ghostlight #wearelimitless

We all love nice things, but do you remember the old Detroit? "We remember when downtown was dark... the people also..." ...nuff said, fam. What does it mean to remember? ... to hold the past in your hands and watch it dissipate before your eyes. For some, as much as we love Detroit, we know the cost of those fancy coffee's, as Joel Fluent Greene shares from our 4th Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival opening night cabaret on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at the Gem Theatre. Watch, listen, and share what you remember about the Detroit that was in the comments! #gentrification #newdetroit #iwashere #poetry #detroitpoetry #spokenwordpoetry #blackdetroit #displacement #expensivecoffees #oldschooldetroit #oldthingsdisappear #gentrification #displacement

Poet, Joel Fluent Green is at it again with Mason Dixon, as performed at our 4th Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival Cabaret, at Detroit's GEM Theatre. Were you born free? #masondixon #slavery #poetry #openmic #blackstories #blacktheatrematters #musicaltheatre #neosoul #artisticexpression #detroit #detroitarts #artisticexpression #obsidianfest #livemusic #blackart

T’was the night before Christmas and … Santa Claus is a Black man from Detroit ! 🎅🏾✨ Happy Holidays, Fam - we have something special for you coming real soon. Until then… enjoy this sneak peek of BLACK SANTA by Aaron Mays from our 4th Annual #obsidianfest this past summer! Wanna watch the entire performance ?! Make sure you are a member of our website so you can stream BLACK SANTA when it drops! Directed by Will Bryson Featuring Carman Cooper, Frank Sawa, Hallie Bard, Johnathan Williams, and Sarah Stevens Join streaming on our website so you don’t miss it when BLACK SANTA arrives: https://bit.ly/joinotfstream #otf2024. #santaclaus #blacksanta #trailer #sneakpeek

Listen as one of our Cabaret performers, Arielle Crosby sings Jazmine Sullivan's Masterpiece for our 4th Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival that took place on Thursday, June 27th Music Director: Brian E. Buckner Bass: Takashi Li Drums: Russ Sauter Stage Manager Yemisi Odetoyinbo www.obsidianfest.org #masterpiece #monalisa #coversong #detroitarts #livemusic #cabaret #gemtheatre #ariellecrosby #brianebuckner #obsidianfest #otf2024 #detroitmusicians"