Bumpa
2025-08-22
92 minutes.
Documentarydancedancersexualityautonomygendersensualityexploring sexualityfemale sexualitywest africanwest africatwerkingwhiningdefianceblack communitysocial experimentancestralcultures of west africawhitenesssafe spacesblack womensuppression of sexual expressionfemmearchival footagecaribbean studies and caribbean disaporaafro-caribbeanrespectability politicshypersexualizationdesexualizationbodily autonomy
Overview
This documentary will explore the Afro-Caribbean dance, ‘whining’ alongside the practice of twerking to analyze respectability politics, pressures to accommodate whiteness, and gendered criticism of sexual expression within the Black diaspora. Using archival footage of West African dance, expert opinion from dancing and gender studies professors, and the active participation of partygoers in a dance experiment, Watkins will paint the picture of the defiance, autonomy, and ancestral veneration intrinsic to these traditional movement styles.
Year 2025
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Director Kayla Naomi Watkins
Crew Kayla Naomi Watkins (Director), Simone Holland (Director of Photography), Ja'Rel Ivory (Producer), Aidan M. Un (Editor), Carmel Berg (Lighting Design), Cullen "Cloud" Askew (Lighting Design)
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