SPACE, MOVING IMAGE, MEMORY

A Double Feature Screening of Films by Alisha Wormsley and Lisa E. Harris

WPA will be screening the following two films: Children of NAN: Mothership by Alisha Wormsley and Cry of the Third Eye: The Last Resort by Lisa E. Harris. Children of NAN: Mothership functions as a metaphor for the survival and power of Black women in a dystopic future. It’s important to note that the women in Wormsley’s film will be featured throughout “Black Women as/and the Living Archive” curated by Tsedaye Makonnen.

Cry of the Third Eye: The Last Resort is the third and final act of Cry of the Third Eye, a three-act performed opera film by artist Lisa E. Harris, who plays the role of NAN’s sister in Wormsley’s film. This final act by Harris considers gentrification, intergenerational legacy, loss, and the space of dreams. The completion of this meditational trilogy which spans a decade in the Historic Third Ward District of Houston, archives aspects of the artist’s inner and outer environments as they change over time. Harris–the writer, director, composer, and performer–musically narrates and orchestrates the semi-silent film in this special, live presentation.

A Pre-Screening Happy Hour w/ Alisha Wormsley & Li Harris
Instagram Live Event
Friday, May 1 at 5:01-6 pm

A Double Feature Screening of Alisha Wormsley’s film Children of NAN: Mothership and Li Harris’s film Cry of the Third Eye: The Last Resort
Virtual Event
Saturday, May 2 at 6–8 pm