From director Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY) comes an electrifying portrait of author and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman present, BRONX GOTHIC. Rooted in reminiscences of her childhood, Okwui – who’s labored with conceptual artists like Ralph Lemon and Julie Taymor – fuses dance, track, drama, and comedy to create a mesmerizing house during which audiences can have interaction with a narrative about two 12-year-old black ladies coming of age within the Eighties. With intimate vérité entry to Okwui and her audiences off the stage, BRONX GOTHIC permits for unparalleled perception into her inventive course of in addition to the complicated social points embodied in it.
