Authors: Jeanette D. Moses
The Black Angels @ Urban Lounge
I’d been anticipating The Black Angels’ May 6th show since I saw the group play in Austin at SXSW. I typically try to not to build things up this much. In many cases that much anticipation will lead to disappointment. Lucky for me, I was seeing The Black Angels. The Black Angels don’t disappoint. … read more
Cerebral Ballzy @ The Complex 07.20
Nothing is worse than a poorly promoted show. It breaks my heart to see a touring band playing to a sparse crowd whose members are more interested in playing Words with Friends on their iPhones than they are with what is happening on stage. … read more
5 Broken Cameras
Emad Burnat got his first camera in Feb. 2005 to document the life of his fourth son. During this same time, the Israeli government began building a wall through the middle of Burnat’s Palestinian village Bil’in, destroying a significant amount of their land. The villagers of Bil’in begin to peacefully demonstrate once a week and Burnat captures it all, until his first camera is destroyed. … read more
Madrid, 1987
It’s a hot summer day in Madrid in 1987 when Miguel, a surly, but well-respected journalist agrees to meet with a journalism student named Angela for an interview. While her intentions are murky, it’s immediately clear that Miguel wants to get laid. … read more
This Must be the Place
Sean Penn plays a wealthy, retired and ultimately bored rock star named Cheyenne in This Must Be the Place. When Cheyenne learns that his estranged father is dying he travels to New York City only to arrive after his father has passed. From there, Cheyenne find himself on a journey-quest through America’s Heartland in an attempt to find the Nazi war criminal who persecuted his father at Auschwitz. … read more
Keep the Lights On
Keep the Lights On is a multifaceted love story that examines what it means to love another individual and the lengths one is willing to go to keep things together. … read more
The Invisible War
The Invisible War offers an intimate glimpse into one of America’s deepest secrets. Sexual violence against women in the military has reached epidemic levels, and high-level officials are systematically sweeping these cases under the rug. … read more
Afro-punk Death to Hip Hop Showcase: Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy and...
At the tail end of August, the free Afro-Punk music festival was canceled due to Hurricane Irene’s untimely arrival in New York City. Luckily, no pending natural disasters derailed their highly successful and entertaining CMJ showcase. … read more
Detropia
Creating a documentary focused on a place, rather than a person or an event, is no easy task. Detropia could have easily been an incoherent mess of interviews with unemployed autoworkers and cutaways to the often-photographed crumbling buildings of inner city Detroit. Luckily, Ewing and Grady have created something that moves beyond the typical clichés of Detroit. … read more
CMJ Day Two: From Indie Pop to Hip Hop
Day two of CMJ started as mellow as possible. It was fitting for my hangover from the night before and the overcast rainy weather that had infiltrated the city. … read more