“Melissa Williams,” Aja Monet reads, “Darnisha Harris.” Her voice is strong; it marches along, but it shakes a little, although not from nerves. She’s performing a poem that includes the forgotten names of girls and women who’ve been injured or killed by the police. She finishes forcefully, then pauses, exhales. “Can I do that again?” she asks. “It’s my first time reading it out loud,…
I am honored to share “NoMaDs” with you all. Here is a song & poem I recorded while living in Paris with music by Buddy Sativa & Nicky Lars. I am so grateful to have collaborated with my good friend Ben Connors to illustrate visuals for this piece and to have worked with Piers Dennis on filming the whole process. I have so many dreams…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGYwf7e_cr8 Eartha Kitt on Love & Compromise (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Exclusive: Aja Monet/Curb Call/ Part 2:Poem/Word on the Curb. “An excerpt” (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Curb Call. My interview with Word On the Curb UK. Please check it out. Much love to all my beautiful people in London. So much love. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)