‘Every Step Is a Prayer' is a techno-surrealist land-based kaleidoscopic prayer prompt, we co-created through a participatory process that brought together community organizers, activists, leaders, artists, spiritual leaders, filmmakers and educators on Seminole & Miccosukee land (currently known as Miami). Inspired together by liberation work, Maroonage, Miccosukee symbology, somatic healing, Afro & Indigenous futurism, plant medicine, biomimicry, and holding the contradictions of the urban matrix on stolen land. Woven together with themes from teamLab, Es Devlin, and James Turrell’s inaugural exhibitions at Superblue Miami, exploring the relationships between our body and the land, nature and technology, the individual and the collective.
The film was co-created in Allapattah, Miami and the Greater Everglades - the traditional homelands of Native nations, including Tequesta, Calusa, Taíno and presently Miccosukee and Seminole.
“Allapattah” means “alligator” in the Miccosukee and Seminole languages, and is home to a vibrant community of African diasporic and migrant people who have built Miami and continue to make this community what it is today. 'Every Step Is a Prayer' launching on NOWNESS 14 July 2021
Created by Niki Franco (@venusroots), Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan) (@ottercypress), Rad Pereira (@______rad___), LILLETH (@l_i_l_l_e_t_h) Cara Stricker (@carastricker), and our collaborators, ancestors, and guides
Directed by Cara Stricker (@carastricker)
Choreographed by LILLETH
Embodied Liberatory Dramaturgy by Rad Pereira
Featuring Niki Franco, Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan), Arielle François, Eva Martinez, Natanael Leal, Sandy Heyaime, Rayne J. Raney, Rose Simons, Clinton Tazz Harris, Lau Narciso, Lucas Freeman, Tarik Boom Morgan, Amal Rogers, Jessica Freites, Gabrielle Sheerer
Executive Produced by Sophia Rothbart (@sophrothy)
Creative Produced by Jack Pitney (@jackpitney)
Cinematography by Michael Cambio Fernandez (@cambio_was_here)
Original Score by James William Blades (@jameswilliamblades)
Original Music by Lafawndah (@lafawndah_)
Edited by Travis Moore & Cara Stricker
Featuring Voice Over By Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan), Betty Osceola (Panther Clan) (@bettyosceola), Niki Franco
Styled by Peri Rosenzweig
Stylist Assistant Margo Hannah
Stylist Consultant Juliann McCandless
Makeup Artist Autumn Suna
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