Theatre Roscius and Sunday Kinfolk Series present the original Black Like Her. Called “deeply evocative, from a stunning marriage of the actor's craft with the director's technique, all nicely threaded through the most lamenting jazz music imaginable. This film deserves to be seen by all.
” Black Like Her explores the fragility, femininity and fear of the black woman. What does it mean to be a black woman? What does it mean for a black woman to exist in a world of distorted images? How does she cope with the stereotypes placed upon her. Yet she does…always staying in continuum. Inspired by the poem ‘Our Grandmother’s by Alice Walker and the lynching image of Laura Nelson, Black Like Her delves into the strength, fragility and unstoppable will of the black woman.
Black Like Her was devised using an amalgam of physical theatre, visual art and performance art, while smashing together variations of jazz, jazz cover albums, dance, and forgotten history to explore the untold stories of black women. “What a way to hold the heart prisoner and discipline it to feel. I am incredibly moved.” Black Like Her is the second original work in a three part series that will celebrate the many facets of womanhood.
Theatre Roscius, a Los Angeles based experimental performance art theatre troupe, was founded on the simple idea that stories must be shared. That the simple act of sharing, when individuals gather to explore the many facets of being human, ultimately reveals our hidden similarities, and people easily mistaken for strangers, foreigners, outcasts, when put together in one room, can find they have always known one another. Theatre Roscius aims to create innovative, relevant, and compassionate theatre.
Theatre Roscius next piece will be ‘Tangled Roots’ a visual arts exhibit that is a play on both the crop on top our heads as well as the complicated history and lineage of the African-American woman. It will feature visual art, art installations and performance art.
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