Dara Kell

Filmmaker & writer engaging every day in subversive hope. In boldness, there is magic.

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

Briefly back in New York, where I lived for 20 years. Yearning for an afternoon at @othermusic or the ground floor at Kim's Video, where you could listen to music and chat w. staff about what's undiscovered, transcendent. Any suggestions for NYC spots where one can still do that?

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

@TheTakeaway @dorianwarren @BerniceKing @TheKingCenter @BRepairers and @KairosCenterNYC were two of the lead organizations who held the rally on June 18th (among many other orgs who worked together, including the King Center). Just adding this here for important context - @TheTakeaway!

[New Frame @NewFrame_News]

IN PICTURES | The biennale in the capital of #Senegal holds magic for both the artists who have regrouped after the pandemic and the visitors who have come to be awed by their work | @DaraKell.
#Dakar #art
https://t.co/Zo0oK2Ptcp

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

@TarikMakhlouf6 Hi Makhlouf, I'm reaching out in connection with getting permission to use one of your images in a short documentary - could you kindly email me at [email protected]? Thank you so much.

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

@TarikMakhlouf6 Hi Makhlouf, I hope you are well. I'm writing because I'm making a short documentary about Ahmed Naji. It's about free expression for artists. I'm looking for permission to use the image below. Did you create this image? Thanks so much, Dara

[New Frame @NewFrame_News]

WATCH | Some are disillusioned, others hopeful. Some vote, others don’t. South Africa’s #youth reflect on what it means to be born free this #FreedomDay. | @SaziBongwe_ | 📹: @MahootaAfrika | @DaraKell | @AnastasyaE.
#FreedomDay2022 #Apartheid #Voting
https://t.co/DCIsLT4eWx

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

Latest video from @NewFrame_News: Okhukho residents already struggling to access water now face the contamination of their nearby rivers after a recent slurry spill by Zululand Anthracite Colliery. Video by @xolonomfundo and @aluta_continua_

[New Frame @NewFrame_News]

NEWS | A recent slurry spill into important rivers in rural #KZN has made #survival even harder for villagers who depend on their #water.
Read the story by @xolonomfundo here: https://t.co/bqcnMd3x1v
📹: @DaraKell 📷: @aluta_continua_

[Sunshine Cinema @SunshineCinema]

Katlego Bosaletsi held a virtual screening of @DearMandela recently in Dealesville, Free State.

Directed by @DaraKell & @chrisnizza, the film focuses on three friends who are members of shackdeller movement @abahlali_abm as they mount a legal challenge.

#Sparkconversation

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

While packing up all of one's earthly belongings into suitcases after 20 years of living in New York, the only logical choice of music to listen to is Patti Smith.

[DOC NYC @DOCNYCfest]

SHORT LIST BLOCK #1: UNJUST SYSTEMS - These shorts uncover the truth within broken structures featuring BREE WAYY: PROMISE WITNESS REMEMBRANCE, A BROKEN HOUSE, EAGLES (ÁGUILAS), A SHIP FROM GUANTÁNAMO, and THEY WON’T CALL IT MURDER. https://t.co/1YiUg1797Z

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

Truth, @Trevornoah. Three day work week! Who’s with us? #shorts https://t.co/UvF7ocjmJy via @YouTube.

[CLEAR Project @CUNY_CLEAR]

See the amazing art of Guantánamo prisoner Moath Alwi, CLEAR client held without charge or fair process and one of 40 remaining prisoners.

Close GTMO now!

HT @veenarao @DaraKell & Beth Jacob

A Ship From Guantánamo https://t.co/R0nUOgp2CG

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

He Is Imprisoned at Guantánamo. Making Art Is His Escape. https://t.co/VQwg80DUiH

[NOELINEL @NoelineL]

Do watch the included documentary. See how almost magic creativity kept/keeps this artist afloat during his incarceration particularly as he was never found guilty of any crime: (by ⁦@DaraKell⁩ & ⁦@veenarao⁩) https://t.co/jzynergbwm

[Jennifer Galvin, ScD, MPH @galvin_jen]

Moath al-Alwi has never been charged with a crime, but has spent over 19 years at the U.S. #military detention camp in #Cuba. In a new #shortfilm by @DaraKell & @veenarao, Mr. al-Alwi talks about the #art he makes to survive. @NYTOpinion #Guantanamo https://t.co/Nht57iJUyT

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

"Exchanges" - a new short story out now in The Masters Review Anthology, Vol IX https://t.co/QkL1BlHoyb

[New Frame @NewFrame_News]

‘New Frame’ journalists detained, assaulted and tortured by security forces in eSwatini.

Read our statement in the thread below:

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

This is just the beginning. People all over the country are recognizing that we need a season of nonviolent civil disobedience & direct action, because that's how voting rights were won & that's the only way we're going to keep them & expand them.

[Dara Kell @DaraKell]

@MastersReview Thank you for the chance to hold a real book containing my first story ever to be published on real paper. This means so much to me, and I’m honored to be in the good company of these 9 incredible writers. @rickbass27 Thank you forever.