between a whisper and a cry (2019)
The 2018/19 Margaret Tait Award commission by Alberta Whittle. Whittle’s film seeks to challenge conditions of racialised abjection and find new methods for refusal. A chief linkage is the sonic cosmologies found in Kamau Brathwaite’s research on ‘tidalectics’, and Christina Sharpe’s work on The Weather. Sharpe positions The Weather as a lens to understand the inescapable conditions within the afterlife of slavery, while Brathwaite’s theories of ‘tidalectics’ expose the performativity of sound, revealing memories of transoceanic life.
Director: Alberta Whittle
Runtime: 40 min
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Alberta Whittle
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is between a whisper and a cry about?
- The 2018/19 Margaret Tait Award commission by Alberta Whittle. Whittle’s film seeks to challenge conditions of racialised abjection and find new methods for refusal. A chief linkage is the sonic cosmologies found in Kamau Brathwaite’s research on ‘tidalectics’, and Christina Sharpe’s work on The Weather. Sharpe positions The Weather as a lens to understand the inescapable conditions within the afterlife of slavery, while Brathwaite’s theories of ‘tidalectics’ expose the performativity of sound, revealing memories of transoceanic life.
- Who directed between a whisper and a cry?
- between a whisper and a cry was directed by Alberta Whittle.
- How long is between a whisper and a cry?
- between a whisper and a cry has a runtime of 40m (40 minutes).