InfiniteBody: 2023 InfiniteBody Honor Roll

Eva Ya Asantewa

Welcome to my annual roundup of cultural moments—not so much a the best. more of a This means a lot to me!

As usual, you’ll find some stuff I’ve caught up on, better late than never – like the first one, Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film, macbethwith its searing performances and cinematography.

I would also like to thank the guest speakers for their contributions body and soul podcast –Lisa Latouche, Devin Emery, Maxine Montylus, Jorge Emilio Sanchez, Samar Haddad Kingand Vicky Schick,etc. Watch the series on Spotify here.

Apparently, the 2020s continue to compete with each other to see which year will be rated the most challenging. But even as our times become more severe, art continues to prove that human qualities and contributions are still worthy of celebration and emulation.

As we approach the new year, I wish you the clarity, strength, and courage to envision, create, and make meaningful change in 2024 and beyond.

Ceasefire now. Free Palestine.

——Eva O. Asantewa

Justin Kurzel’s macbeth

macbeth (2015), directed by Justin Kurzel (Netflix)

Everything is silent on the Western Front (2022), directed by Edward Berger (Netflix)

Going to Mars: Project Niki Giovanni (2022), directed by Joe Brewster and Michelle Stephenson (Sundance Film Festival 2023)

Danielle Deadweiler, star until

Roberta Fleck

until (2022), directed by Chinonye Chukwu (Amazon Prime Video)

Masters: Roberta Fleckdirected by Antonino D’Ambrosio (PBS)

1619 planVarious Directors; Executive Producer: Nikole Hannah-Jones (Hulu)

empire of lightdirected by Sam Mendes (HBO Max)

Yanomami Strugglecurated by Thyago Nogueira, The Shed (February 3 to April 16)

Heisenberg Variations: Imagination, Invention and UncertaintyJennifer Finney Boylan, Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Arts and Humanities, Harvard Radcliffe Institute , February 16

Ron Carter: Finding the right noteDirected by Peter Schnall (PBS)

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We are always at the center: Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on a changing planetedited by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth (New Press, 2022)

elephant whispererdirected by Kartiki Gonsalves (Netflix)

woman talkingdirected by Sarah Polley (2022)

remember thisdirected by Jeff Hutchins and Derek Goldman (PBS Highlights)

From left to right: Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham patanyash raj movies

patandirected by Siddarth Anand (Amazon Prime Video)

Reggiedirected by Alexandria Stapleton (Amazon Prime Video)

OctopusAltamira Dance Company, Joyce Theatre, March 29-April 2

AIM by Kyle AbrahamJoyce Theatre, April 4-9

Next up at the Kennedy Center: Ballet España’s Doña PerónPBS, live April 14-May 12

all beauty and bleedingDirected by Laura Poitras, streaming on HBO Max

Theresa Brown Dance CompanyJoyce Theatre, May 2-7

no bearsDirected by Jafar Panahi and broadcast on The Criterion Channel

Author Robert Caro and Editor Robert Gottlieb turn every page

Jeremy Strong (left) and Brian Cox (left) succession

Turning Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottliebdirected by Lizzie Gottlieb, streaming on Amazon Prime Video (2022)

John Mulaney as Baby JDirected by Alex Timbers, streaming on Netflix

Mother By Eiko Otake, Greenwood Cemetery, May 7

Kazunori Kumagai: Stepping into the LightGibney, May 11-13

The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah WinfreyDirected by Linda Mendoza, streaming on Netflix

Defender: Maverickdirected by Joseph Kosinski (2022), streaming on Amazon Prime Video

this housedirected by Miryam Charles (2022), airing on The Criterion Channel

DanceAfrica 2023: Kingana: Names, Ancestors and FamilyBAM, Artistic Director Abdel R. Salaam, May 26-29

successionCreated by Jesse Armstrong Streaming on HBO Max

an ear for an eyedirected by Debbie Tucker Green (2021), airing on The Criterion Channel

SciGirls Story: Black Women in STEMDirected by Adja Gildersleve, Maya Washington and Bianca Rhodes, airing on PBS, June 1-29

Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock and RollDirected by James House, airing on PBS, June 2-30

jury dutyDirected by Jake Szymanski, streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Left: Jean Millington, June Darling and Fanny’s June Millington (Photo: Marita Madeloni)

Fanny: The Right to Rock and Rolldirected by Bobbi Jo Hart, live on PBS, May 22-June 19

Conference Venue: Art Dialogue and Exchange CenterDanspace Project, June 9-10

purpleSydnie L. Mosley Dance, Summer in the City at Lincoln Center, June 9-25

Open work rehearsalMetropolitan Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue and Russell Thomas, Carnegie Hall, June 22

Movie Nimonaadapted from ND Stevenson’s 2015 graphic novel

For Das: Landingdirected by Vir Das, streaming on Netflix

Taylor Mac’s 24 Years of Pop Music HistoryDirected by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, streaming on Max

call me kateDirected by Lorna Tucker Streaming on Netflix

NimonaDirected by Troy Quinn and Nick Bruno, streaming on Netflix

not my enemydir. Kehinde Ishangi (2022), streaming on Vimeo

By Anita Kopacz (Part 1) and Viola Davis

Shallow water Author: Anita Kopacz (Simon & Schuster, 2022)

looking for me By Viola Davis (HarperCollins, 2022)

Oppenheimerdirected by Christopher Nolan

Kit Conner (left) and Joe Rock Heartache

Heartache Season 2, streaming on Netflix

lincoln lawyerseasons 1-2, streaming on Netflix

BarbieDirected by Greta Gerwig (2023)

Rain Demigodwritten by Inua Ellams, directed by Taibi Magar, Theater Studio, New York, July 14-August 20

Wayne Shorter: Zero GravityDirected by Dorsay Alavi, streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Trees and Snakes: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BC to 400 AD.Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 21-November 13

Peppon Osorio: My beating heartNew Museum, June 29-September 17

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: BeholdBrooklyn Museum, September 15, 2023 – January 14, 2024

blue kaftan robedirected by Miryam Touzani (2022), streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel

lupine (Season 3), streaming on Netflix

David Byrne in “Talking Heads” stop making sense

Editha Zhou 3 Ritual: Freedom

stop making sense (Restored), directed by Jonathan Demme

3 Ritual: Freedomby Delirious Dances/Edisa Weeks, October 12-15

Yin Yuan RoadDirected by Raoul Peck, streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Performer Ty Defoe

Author Héctor Tobar

Embracing Duality: Modern Aboriginal Culture (starring Realm of Illusions, Martha Redburnand Ty DeFoe), next at the Kennedy Center, PBS

deadlockWritten by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan Streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Our Immigrant Souls: Meditations on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”,“ Author: Héctor Tobar (MCD Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023)

nyadDirected by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, streaming on Netflix

Bear (Season 2), streaming on Hulu

Coleman Domingo Played by Bayard Rustin Rustinstreaming on Netflix

Remembered from the beginningDirected by Roger Ross Williams, streaming on Netflix

parting communityDirector: Jane Jin Kaisen (2019), Vimeo

southern black powerdirected by Sam Pollard and Llewellyn M. Smith (2023), Max

Grandmasterdirected by Bradley Cooper (2023)

dawn dancerTeatro Línea de Sombra, NYU Skiball Center, December 3

The Lesbian Poetry Tradition: Judy Grahn, Julie R. Enszer, JP Howard, and Alicia MountainNew York Public Library Live, December 6

beyonce

Park Eun Bin Outstanding Lawyer Hu

Teo Yoo and Greta Lee past life

regenerationdirected by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (2003)

leave the world behinddirected by Sam Esmail (2023), currently trending on Netflix

she saysdirected by Maria Schrader (2022), streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Julian (2022) and moth (2023), a film directed by Kettle Weir and Jack Flame Sorokin

past lifedirected by Celine Song (2023), streaming on Amazon Prime Video

Purpledirected by Blitzkrieg Bajaul(2023)

Outstanding Lawyer HuDirected by Yoo In-sik, streaming on Netflix starting in 2022

Visible repairsDirected by Samantha Moore, New York Timesoperation documentation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/opinion/knitting-healing.html

American noveldirected by Cord Jefferson (2023)