“feels like both a provocation and a request to consider what flourishing looks like in this chaotic moment — for Black Americans, and for anyone who finds themselves drowning, struggling to breathe.”
— Alissa Wilkinson,
“Meanwhile is a gorgeous, quietly energetic, and moving meditation on Black resilience and world-making”
— Brittany Turner,
“...this ‘docu-poem’ essay film is an essential experience right now...”
— Christopher Campbell,
“...the film creates a mosaic of past struggles about race and racism in America as it showcases the resistance and resilience of people of color.”
— Staff,
ABOUT THE FILM
LOGLINE
MEANWHILE, a docu-poem in six verses about artists breathing through chaos.
LONG SYNOPSIS
MEANWHILE is a docu-poem in six verses about artists breathing through chaos. In dynamic collaboration, Jacqueline Woodson (text), Meshell Ndegeocello (soundscape), Erika Dilday (support), M. Trevino (structure), and Catherine Gund (direction), combine artists’ expressions with historical and observational footage to unveil a rare cinematic mediation about identity, race, racism and resistance as they shape our shared breath.
Director Catherine Gund
Writer Jacqueline Woodson
Producers Catherine Gund, Erika Dilday
Executive Producers Melony & Adam Lewis, Jack Shear, Mickalene Thomas
Co-Executive Producer Ann & Graham Gund
Editor M. Trevino
Cinematographers Jia Li, Emerson Mahoney, Catherine Gund
soundscape Meshell Ndegeocello
performed by Jacqueline Woodson
FESTIVALS
2024: Margaret Mead (World Premiere)
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Digital Download