Artist
Nova Cypress Black

Project Title
(dey/dem): a choreo-doc

Grant Amount
$1,200

Website
https://www.novacypressblack.com/

(dey/dem): a choreo-doc will be a short experimental documentary that explores how the lived experiences of Black non-binary folks in Atlanta, GA echo the nearly erased history of gender non-conformity in pre-colonial Africa. We been here. We are here. Our pronouns are Black.

Still from somewheres: a world-in-progress by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK, 2020

- Black On Both Sides, photo taken from The Feminist Bookshop, 2017

- FACECARDFRIDAY portrait of brightlikesunny by spicecamvisuals, 2021

Members of the Dogon Tribe in dance costumes, including headdresses, Mopti Region, Mali., photo taken from Africa Is Woke