Shaking the Table: Reality Is Not Good Enough Film Screening

Join Qiaira Riley and Yannick Lowery for the first in their reality-TV inspired creative workshop and supper series, Shaking the Table! This short film screening will feature the 2016 and 2021 versions of Rashayla Marie Brown's . The screening will be followed by a creative writing session exploring how reality television impacts our collective perceptions of family. For supper, we will be having jambalaya, with both meat-eaters and vegan options available.

About Reality Is Not Good Enough

The experimental documentary short Reality Is Not Good Enough is "beyond a parody, this is a sincere investigation of my mother's failed attempt to become a reality TV star and my failed attempt to redeem her experience as a filmmaker." -Rashayla Marie Brown

About Shaking the Table

Shaking the Table is a series of interdisciplinary workshops and community meals exploring our collective and personal relationships to Black ephemera, popular culture, and reality television through art-making and food. Each event includes an interactive activity and dialogue encouraging participants to theoretically explore themes of identity, family, gender and deviance by analyzing iconic depictions from magazines, television, and film. During our time together we offer meals, inspired by memorable scenes from reality tv that uplift the activity’s theme. We’d hope that each activity will build on the revelations from the previous one, while allowing neighbors to build deeper bonds with one another. This work is supported by Barnes West Everyday Places Partnership at hosted at the Art League (4226 Spruce Street)

About Barnes West Everyday Places Artist Partnerships

Everyday Places Artist Partnerships highlight the intersection of art and community and create spaces where residents can participate in art experiences in their neighborhood. This year, social impact artists will once again partner with “everyday” places in West Philadelphia—including local businesses and community organizations—to create interactive projects that engage with the spaces and their neighbors.

Host or Publisher Qiaira Riley