Assembly | Screening at Reel Q Film Festival

Info and registration: https://reelq.eventive.org/schedule/68c87b791a4c8a26625cc39e

Assembly follows internationally acclaimed artist Rashaad Newsome as he embarks on his most ambitious project yet—a multimedia exhibition and performance at New York’s historic Park Avenue Armory. Once a bastion of white military power, the Armory is transformed into a vibrant celebration of Black and queer culture through video projections, holograms, sculptures, collages, music, dance, and African fractal patterns. This reimagining challenges colonial power structures while honoring the complexity and resilience of Black experience.

The film opens with a haunting vision: enslaved ancestors thrown from a slave ship into the sea. This imagery sets the tone for a journey shaped by ancestral presences—those who resisted, endured, and were lost too soon. Rashaad’s visit to Ghana, where he communes with ancestors in the dungeons of enslavement, deepens the film’s exploration of history, memory, and guidance as he creates this monumental work.

Host or Publisher Reel Q