Opening Night
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In the presence of Kevin Jerome Everson
Film stills © Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy the artist; Trilobite-ArtsDAC; Picture Palace Pictures
Part of the one-hundred anniversary of the great Black migration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Eason is loosely based on the life of James Walker Hood Eason (1886-1923) a long time member of the UNIA of Philadelphia.
One of Everson’s signature archival films that reveal the construction of performance and portrayal in a minimally edited interview with Martin Luther King’s first cousin about police brutality during race riots in Cleveland Ohio.
With a rich source of found and original footage, this short film presents several versions of tragic events in the rural South.
A cautionary tale about when not to run. It uses archival reportage and voiceover recollection to trace through repetitive corridors of presumption, justice and judgment.
In Kevin Jerome Eversons diep aangrijpende Ears, Nose and Throat bevestigt een uitgebreid neus-, keel- en ooronderzoek een vrouw haar vermogen om te getuigen. Vervolgens vertelt ze een tragisch verhaal waarvan we de verschrikking zien, horen noch ruiken, maar ons al te makkelijk kunnen inbeelden.
In Mansfield, Ohio, multiple UFO sightings yield both passionate firsthand accounts and detailed reflections; meanwhile, suburban youths raise their arms toward the heavens in becalmed surrender.
About an Airman training to be a pilot at Columbus Air Force Base 14th Flying Training Wing in Columbus, Mississippi.



