Jenn Nkiru is an artist and director. Her film Rebirth is Necessary was featured on NOWNESS. She is a graduate of the Howard University film program, whose esteemed alumni include Arthur Jafa, Bradford Young, and Malik Sayeed. Her follow-up film, BLACK TO TECHNO, explores the birth of the techno genre in the Black Detroit music scene. Nkiru was also part of the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
Films
Black To Techno
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(2019)
A music documentary charting the anthropological, socio-economical, and geopolitical roots of techno from Detroit and how it travelled and translated into becoming the soundtrack to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Rebirth is Necessary
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(2017)
A personal and powerful exploration of Blackness that combines dreamlike portraits with stunning archival footage that includes Afrofuturism pioneer Sun Ra and revolutionary organization the Black Panther Party.
En Vogue
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(2014)
En Vogue is an experimental short showcasing the unique beauty, energy and exuberance of one of NYC's last underground subcultures: Voguing & Ballroom.
