Parran, Portia Hunt, Shirley LeFlore, George Sams, Percy Green II, Patricia Cruz, Ben Looker, and Dennis Owsley. Among those featured in the film are Lake, Hemphill, Charles “Bobo” Shaw, Malinke Elliott, Hamiet Bluiett, J.D. Louis story of passion, creative vision, and community. Through rare archival footage and interviews with the collective’s key players, BLACK ARTISTS’ GROUP: CREATION EQUALS MOVEMENT shines a light on this untold St. Louis musicians who cut their chops learning to play in BAG’s community arts classes. Locally, the group’s spirit lives on in the many St. Louis was brief, several of its number, including Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill, have gone on to impressive careers as experimental jazz players. Louis, BAG’s musicians became influential in Europe and in New York, where members helped to found the Loft Jazz scene. Through its interdisciplinary approach, BAG addressed many of the day’s most pressing social issues and brought awareness to the struggles faced by Black city residents. Growing out of the Black Arts Movement, BAG was distinguished by a unique blending of music, poetry, drama, dance, and the visual arts. Louis in the late 1960s as an arts collective devoted to raising Black consciousness, battling social injustice, and exploring the far reaches of experimental performance. This documentary delves into the history and legacy of the Black Artists’ Group (BAG), which formed in St.
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June 20 VISION CONFERENCE Legacies of Black Creative Music: A Path Towards Justice at FLAMBOYAN THEATER at THE CLEMENTE 107 Suffolk Street, NYC - FREE TO ATTEND. June 19-20 VISION FILM SCREENINGS at ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES 32 2nd Avenue, NYC - Featuring "The Lost Generation," "The Black Artists Group: Creation Equals Movement," and "The Sun Rises in the East." Click FILMS tab above for tickets. Click VISUAL ART tab above for more info. June 16-27 VISUAL ART SHOW A Light in Darkness at THE LES GALLERY & LA PLAZA at THE CLEMENTE 107 Suffolk Street NYC - Featuring art by Lifetime Achievement Award recipients Wadada Leo Smith & Oliver Lake, as well as Amir Bey, Jeff Schlanger, William Parker & Patricia Nicholson.