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Alum Kahlil Joseph’s “Double Conscience” on View at MOCA
Award-winning Los Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph’s (Film Production – ’03) work has been described as hypnotic, haunting and lyrical. He’s directed short films and music videos for artists and rappers, including Until the Quiet Comes(2011), a video for musician Flying Lotus that earned him the 2012 Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Now, Joseph’s double-screen video installation of his 2014 video, m.A.A.d, commissioned by Compton born rapper Kendrick Lamar, is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Grand Avenue space. The 14-minute video, which screened last summer in a single screen version at 2014 Sundance’s Next Fest in Los Angeles at the Ace Hotel, weaves together film footage of amateur actors, aerial views of Los Angeles, Lamar’s home videos and news footage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Set to the lyrics from Lamar’s 2014 breakout album good kid, m.A.A.d city, m.A.A.d takes Joseph’s signature style to a new level.
With images of contemporary African-American life in Los Angeles woven throughout his work, Joseph tends to favor South Los Angeles as the stage for his productions. Until the Quiet Comes featured the ghost of a murdered man who comes back to life an
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One of the Years Best
Ron Stallworth’s memoir is retold with passion and admiration—aptly Lee’s finale reminds us of our current gut-wrenching racial tensions. Be prepared for a history lesson of shock and awe—it’s about time the true story of bigotry is brought to the forefront. Yes, Spike Lee is angry, as we all should be. Through raw video footage, we learn of the atrocities of the ‘hate group’ the ‘Ku Klux Klan’ toward black Americans, Jews, and immigrants—this is not what most of us were taught in history class. Fortunately, Ron Stallworth a black undercover police detective in 1978 had the foresight and courage to save all of his memorabilia from his days as a member of the KKK—yes, he has his official Ku Klux Klan membership card as proof.
Stallworth, was also the first black police officer in Colorado Springs (1978), this intelligent, highly motivated young man assumed responsibility for his own advancement within the force. As a rookie, he asked his commanding officer for a transfer to detective work. Once a detective, in scanning the daily newspaper for potential illegal activities he spots a recruitment ad seeking members to join the Ku Klux Klan. He contacts the Klan by phone, all while pretending to be a white racist extremist, and shortly after that