mali irene’s video catalogue

COMPOSED BY Yvette Janine Jackson
POETRY BY Jarita Davis
PERFORMED BY Malesha Jessie Taylor, Soprano
INSTRUMENTALS BY Joy Guidry, Bassoon
ANIMATION BY Zekkereya El-magharbel

The libretto is based on a personal experience of the poet who was at a coffee shop open mic night when a man stepped to the stage and talked about his job preparing law enforcement (and now civilians) to use fear as their alibi in case they get ever in trouble for killing an unarmed black person.

Commissioned by PROTOTYPE Festival for MODULATION.