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When the Earth is a Hand Written Letter From the Past: Juneteenth 2023

In observance of Juneteenth 2023, The Broad commissioned poet, storyteller, and organizer aja monet to produce When the Earth is a Hand Written Letter From the Past, an original performance for video.
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Children of the Soil: M’Baye Kante and Haniyyah Tahirah respond to El Anatsui’s Strips of the Earth’s Skin

In observance of Earth Day 2023, The Broad commissioned musician M’Baye Kante and dancer Haniyyah Tahirah to produce Children of the Soil, an original performance for video in response to Broad collection artist El Anatsui’s Strips of the Earth’s Skin.
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Patrisse Cullors: Don't Disappear Us/Keep Us Leaping/Low Riders and Bonnets That Heal

A performance of Don't Disappear Us/Keep Us Leaping/Low Riders and Bonnets That Heal by Patrisse Cullors. Filmed on location at The Broad.
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Untelling Tomorrows, Indelible Yesterdays: Juneteenth 2022

Poems by Jessica D. Gallion, Hiram Sims, and Conney D. Williams. Filmed on location within the galleries of The Broad’s special exhibition, This is Not America’s Flag.
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World AIDS Day: El poder de la poesia/The Power of Poetry

The Broad’s World AIDS Day 2021 commemoration features poems by Benjamin Garcia, féi hernandez, and Emanuel Xavier.
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Don’t Pardon the Skin I’m in: Juneteenth 2021

Music by Moor Mother and Jimetta Rose and poetry by Shonda Buchanan in dialogue with the work of Broad collection artist Kara Walker.
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Time Decorated: Terrace Martin Responds to Jean-Michel Basquiat

Terrace Martin returns to perform a saxophone improvisation in response to Basquiat.
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Promises: Through Congress World Premiere

Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor Tweeten.
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World AIDS Day: Where Will You Be?

The Broad’s World AIDS Day 2020 commemoration features performances by Pamela Sneed, Phill Wilson, and Maurice Harris.
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L.A. Intersections: Music, Language, Movement - Part 3

serpentwithfeet, Sudan Archives, Amy Uyematsu, and d. Sabella Grimes activate the artworks and architecture of The Broad.
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L.A. Intersections: Music, Language, Movement - Part 2

Georgia Anne Muldrow, Luis J. Rodriguez, Jermaine Spivey & Spenser Theberge, and Rosanna Tavarez activate the artworks and architecture of The Broad.
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L.A. Intersections: Music, Language, Movement - Part 1

San Cha ft. Mx. Matías, serpentwithfeet, Shonda Buchanan, and Mike Tyus activate the artworks and architecture of The Broad.
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Prayer to the Iyami by Patrisse Cullors

Filmed at The Broad on Feb. 5, 2020, Prayer to the Iyami touches on themes of resistance, healing, metaphor, and mysticism found in The Broad’s special exhibition, Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again (Oct. 19, 2019–Feb. 16, 2020).

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