Hub Tones
Synopsis
The visuals created for Kamasi Washington’s modern jazz classic 'Hub Tones' invoke ideas of Amiri Baraka’s Nation Time and the immediate ecstatic connection Nkiru had to the rhythms of 'Hub Tones'. The main inspiration behind the film comes from a traditional ceremony called Oboni from the Ikwerre tribe - Nkiru’s tribe by heritage - whereby through repetition of movement and instrumentation, those in the material realm (this realm) go through a process of channelling divine ancestral connection into the spiritual realm. With each transmission and changing tone of the music, those taking part go deeper and deeper into a hypnotic and transcendent state until reaching a climax in the spiritual space. HUB TONES is a visual and spiritual ode to this experience.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020 - Perspectives
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 9 min
- Director
- Jenn Nkiru
- Producer
- Lana Salfiti
- Executive Producer
- Anna Smith Tenser, Carine Harris, Emily Rudge
- Editor
- Kit Wells
- Director of Photography
- Benoit Soler
- Production Designer
- Nathan Parker
- Music
- Kamasi Washington
- Principal Cast
- Summer Pearl, Myriam Sow, Nadia Adu Gyamei
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 24th January 2020
