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Wed 1 April 2020 - 20:30
MINARD

Opening Night

reservation required - helena@courtisane.be

In the presence of Kevin Jerome Everson

 

Film stills © Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy the artist; Trilobite-ArtsDAC; Picture Palace Pictures

Eason
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2016, US, HD, 15'

Part of the one-hundred anniversary of the great Black migration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Eason is loosely based on the life of James Walker Hood Eason (1886-1923) a long time member of the UNIA of Philadelphia.

The Reverend E. Randall T. Osborn, First Cousin
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2007, US, HD, 4'

One of Everson’s signature archival films that reveal the construction of performance and portrayal in a minimally edited interview with Martin Luther King’s first cousin about police brutality during race riots in Cleveland Ohio.

According to ...
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2007, US, HD, 9'

With a rich source of found and original footage, this short film presents several versions of tragic events in the rural South.

Second and Lee
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2008, US, HD, 3'

A cautionary tale about when not to run. It uses archival reportage and voiceover recollection to trace through repetitive corridors of presumption, justice and judgment.

Ears, Nose & Throat
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2016, US, HD, 10'

In Kevin Jerome Everson’s deeply affecting Ears, Nose and Throat, a woman’s testimonial faculties are confirmed through medical examinations before she recites a tragic story, whose horrors we don’t see, hear, or smell, but can imagine far too easily.

IFO
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2017, US, HD, 10'

In Mansfield, Ohio, multiple UFO sightings yield both passionate firsthand accounts and detailed reflections; meanwhile, suburban youths raise their arms toward the heavens in becalmed surrender.

Recovery
Kevin Jerome Everson, 2020, US, HD, 10'

About an Airman training to be a pilot at Columbus Air Force Base 14th Flying Training Wing in Columbus, Mississippi.