Writing & Speaking
July 1, 2022, Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI
Andrew Kaplowitz and River Akemann
Pulling from personal experience as white/mixed allies on the front lines of the popular uprisings including Black liberation and Indigenous resistance movements we seek to share knowledge about how to film events in a "good way" (a term we encountered in Indigenous organizing spaces to describe holistic, thoughtful, and culturally aware approaches). We will discuss key considerations when entering new potentially volatile situations, filming techniques and tips, and what to do after you capture footage.
November 2021, Runner Detroit Magazine
"... We are at home among the ruins, insulated from judgment or judging by quilts of graffiti hanging on crumbling walls. In the dusk we experiment more and the urban decay that fostered our creativity now harbors a mummy made of gauze inhabiting the borderlands between life, death, and rebirth. I feel the blood rush in my veins as the person who I thought I was dies and my spirit expands beyond my body melding with the haunting twilight." Read More