“Eloquent, unexpected, and beguiling”: Meshell Ndegeocello’s Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin from the Fisher Center
“‘Gifts’ is the word that stands out in trying to label or describe Chapter and Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin,” writes Joseph Dalton for the Times Union. Created by singer/songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello, the multiplatform work blends Ndegeocello’s music with writings and speeches by Baldwin; informal meditations on religion, identity, and power; short animated videos; and artistically rendered broadsheets into what Ndegeocello describes as “a 21st-century ritual tool kit for justice.
Post Date: 11-24-2020
Post Date: 11-24-2020