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Short Documentary

Talking Walls

Screenings
  • Audio description in-person & online Audio Description
  • Closed captions online Closed Captioning
  • Open captions in-person Open Captions



A film still from Taking Walls shows an older Black woman standing at the doors of a brown building. A small sign on one of the doors reads: “Closed for Remodeling”. The woman grins, holding a bouquet of purple and pink flowers, and looks to the side off into the distance.

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Multiple voices reflect on the language, sounds, touch, history, and choice of public and private Black and queer spaces.








Directors Spotlight



Marcellus

Director

Marcellus (Marcellus Armstrong) is an artist, filmmaker, media programmer and educator. His work focuses on archival and material notions of Blackness and queerness. Since 2019, Marcellus has been collecting oral histories as part of an ongoing archival project, Talking Walls.







  • Year 2024
  • Runtime 27 minutes
  • Country United States
  • Language English
  • Director Marcellus
  • Producer Asadullah Saed, Marcellus, Raishad Momar
  • Co Producer Raishad Momar, Asadullah Saed
  • Cast Christopher Rouse
  • Cinematographer Raishad Momar
  • Editor Marcellus
  • Animator Yashaswi Dixit
  • Sound Design Rowhome Productions
  • Premiere Philadelphia





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