This string orchestra🎻is a spiritual & emotional medic❤for people of color in tragedies immediate aftermath. Specifically, police brutality✊🏿 & gun violence.
.@LutherAbel1: Dayvin Hallmon and his Black String Triage Ensemble go to the locations of shootings in the direct aftermath and play compositions in an effort to calm and soothe those affected and observing.
The ensemble played a block from the RNC on Thursday night as part of the Village Church’s outreach.
Dayvin reads National Review and The Nation.
https://t.co/8VlYKXEtFP
More on that group of performers, which “is committed to using music as the healing force for the soul in the immediate aftermath of community violence.” https://t.co/PV0LHx0BQN
At King Park in Milwaukee, where earlier today a man was shot and killed by police officers from Columbus, Ohio, the Black String Triage Ensemble performs next to a prayer vigil.
Tonight, tune in to Black Nouveau for a powerful screening of 'Black Strings' - a thought-provoking 11-minute film that challenges traditional notions of first responders.
Watch on Milwaukee PBS Channel 10 at 7:30 pm.
Documentary Film about the work of The Black String Triage Ensemble.
Here's a sneak peak from PBS
Start the video at the 6 minute mark.
https://t.co/GFRzDKmzsP