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Synopsis
This 48-minute-long documentary delves into the resonant universe of Montréal-based dancer, choreographer, and philosopher Zab Maboungou, of Franco-Congolese origin. For over thirty years, the artist has galvanized the contemporary dance scene with her radically regrounded conception of time, the body, and the self. Maboungou masterfully transforms sites of identity and being, observing and altering the timeless moments that define our place in the world. Her personal and political history, her artistry, and her pioneering research of rhythm cultures are acts of empowerment that have created a sense of place for other African dance artists in Canada and abroad.
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With a background in both dance and design, filmmaker Marlene Millar has been creating dance films, documentaries, and experimental productions since 1991. With a BFA in Film, she pursued advanced studies in directing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was awarded a Pew Dance Media Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her distinguished career was celebrated in her first solo exhibition, a retrospective of three decades of artistic practice presented at Threshold Artspace in the United Kingdom in 2019.
Philip Szporer is a Montréal-based writer, filmmaker, educator, and cultural journalist whose work has explored the intersections of dance, memory, place, and the moving image for more than four decades. He teaches at Concordia University’s Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and previously spent more than two decades teaching in the Department of Contemporary Dance. Philip has long been recognized as one of Canada’s leading voices in dance, dance film, and screendance culture.
