IS MY LIVING IN VAIN
Doc Sound Design and Mix
Dir. Ufuoma Essi
41mns
2023
UK/France/New Zealand
Summary: Is My Living in Vain is a meditation on the continuing history and emancipatory potential of the Black church as a space of diasporic belonging, affirmation and community organising. Weaving together archival imagery, oral histories and 16mm shot footage on location. The film examines the emancipatory potential of churches as spaces of “infrapolitics” by exploring the sonic, political, spiritual and existential connections between specific communities across West Philadelphia and South East London.
Showed at:
- Gassworks 6th October - 16th December 2022 (London, UK)
- Le Magasin CNAC/Centre National d'Art Contemporain - 7th of April - 1st October 2023 (Grenoble, France)
International Premiere:
- Hot Docs Film Festival 2023 (Canada)
- BlackStar Film Festival 2023 (USA)
- Chicago International Film Festival 2023 (USA) AWARDED BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
Dir. Ufuoma Essi
41mns
2023
UK/France/New Zealand
Summary: Is My Living in Vain is a meditation on the continuing history and emancipatory potential of the Black church as a space of diasporic belonging, affirmation and community organising. Weaving together archival imagery, oral histories and 16mm shot footage on location. The film examines the emancipatory potential of churches as spaces of “infrapolitics” by exploring the sonic, political, spiritual and existential connections between specific communities across West Philadelphia and South East London.
Showed at:
- Gassworks 6th October - 16th December 2022 (London, UK)
- Le Magasin CNAC/Centre National d'Art Contemporain - 7th of April - 1st October 2023 (Grenoble, France)
International Premiere:
- Hot Docs Film Festival 2023 (Canada)
- BlackStar Film Festival 2023 (USA)
- Chicago International Film Festival 2023 (USA) AWARDED BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024