Chanelle Aponte Pearson

A look at the deep-seated roots of our feelings.

A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your experiences the sum of you?

This dreamlike fusion of political thriller and science-fiction fantasia is set to original music by Beyoncé.

A portrait of Ryann Holmes, community organizer and co-founder of bklyn boihood, un/doing and reframing masculinity.

A portrait of Ryann Holmes, community organizer and co-founder of bklyn boihood, un/doing and reframing masculinity.

This video came out of frustration with game shows that turn survival and struggle into spectacle. This piece flips the format, it’s a collective experiment, shaped by the principles of dialects of nature : 🌱 Everything is connected 🌊 Nature is always in motion and changing 📈 Quantity becomes quality ⚔️ Contradictions drive transformation Meet our mushrooms spiraling through the glittering decaying stage of capital, in pursuit of peace, land, and bread.

A dramatic comedy about a group of friends navigating the realities of being Black, queer, and polyamorous in New York City. Set in the heart of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, the series follows artist Yuri (Rae Leone Allen, also co-creator of the film) and her girlfriend Camille as they test the boundaries of their open relationship.

Directed by Terence Nance, the film addresses the detachment we all battle, when faced with the the world's overwhelming issues. "It's hard to think about all the problems in the world without getting a little overwhelmed. So, a lot of times we just ignore things. I think Africa has suffered a lot because people choose to remain ignorant, rather than address the issues that are right in front of our faces," Blitz said.

American civil rights attorney John Burris lends his sonorous voice to "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" director Terence Nance’s imaginative and moving (and brilliantly edited) anti-police-brutality video in support of the non-violent Blackout Black Friday protest.

A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your experiences the sum of you?