Directed by S*an D. Henry-Smith • 2021 • United States
Starring Ryan Clarke, Justin Allen, Slant Rhyme
S*an D. Henry-Smith narrates a series of portraits recorded during a day out in New York City, capturing, in the artist’s words, “quiet encounters in the polyphonic city.”
Up Next in Radical Dreams, Underground Sounds: 13 Films Presented by Dweller
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MOSQUITO: The Movie
Directed by LYZZA and Enantios Dromos • 2022 • Brazil
Electro-pop avant-gardist LYZZA slips into a surreal neon underground in this visual accompaniment to her mixtape of the same name.
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Hyperfate
Directed by Christelle Oyiri • 2022 • France
Reflecting on fate, destiny, and the untimely deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur, PnB Rock, Pop Smoke, Takeoff, and XXXTentacion, director Christelle Oyiri fashions a visual memento mori that asks: how did rap become a mortuary factory for tragic heroes?
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Pacific Club
Directed by Valentin Noujaïm • 2023 • France
Starring Azedine Benabdelmoumene, Benjamin Bertrand, Julien MézenceIn 1979, the Pacific Club was opened in a basement in La Défense, the business district of Paris. It was the first nightclub for Arabs from the suburbs—a parallel world of dance, swea...
