chasing (2021)

We, as humans, are constantly searching for happiness, fulfillment, wisdom, perfection, love—something. There is always some kind of desire. “chasing” asks us to practice radical acceptance, to catch our breath and breathe, breathe, breathe. 

Director & Editor: nwaobiala; Co-Director & Colorist: Natasha Ayoo; Actor: Nyokabi Kimari;  Music by: Nyokabi Kimari 

Words by: Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980 ; Rainer Maria Rilke, from The Voices in The Book of Images ; Sarah Schulman, from Conflict Is Not Abuse

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