2019 Schedule
ALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
orisa theater & music
Spirithaus Gallery 2217 Adeline St Oakland
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Hosted by Shaka Jamal of olu8 films
6pm-7:30pm
Iwa Pele - Richard Raw
Homecoming - WolfHawkJaguar
Wade In The Water - Shaka Jamal
Tent City- WolfHawkJaguar
Q&A
7:45pm - 10:00pm
Destiny - Osunfemi Wanbi Njeri
Artist In Exile - Sunni Patterson
It's Been Poetry - H.R.M Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II
Q&A
Film Summaries
Iwa Pele
Performed by: Richard Raw & EGBE IJOBA
Directors: Richard Raw, Babalawo Sekou & Stretch Stacks
Summary: Orisa hip hop artist Richard Raw raps about the strengths of Ifa and good character.
Homecoming
Performed by WolfHawkJaguar & SliqAngel
Directors: WolfHawkJaguar & ShakaJamal
Producers: 393 FIlms & Olu8 Film & Culture
Summary: Orisa hip hop artist WolfHawkJaguar unifies with South Afrikan singer SliqAngel about the power of unity.
Wade In The Water
Performed by: Alma Matters
Director: ShakaJamal
Producer: Olu8 Film & Culture
Summary: Wade in the Water tells the story of a band of enslaved Africans from the past that escape to freedom only to find themselves in modern day America. As we braid brave pathways to freedom may our Ancestors seeds of wisdom give us strength in these troubling times.
Tent City
Director: WolfHawkJaguar
Producer: 393 FIlms
Summary: Cicero Jacobs, played by lead actor Sizwe Abakah, is a loving father/ husband who falls into deep depression and mental collapse after his wife dies from cancer. Tent City highlights the impact of unprocessed grief on mental health in America, the toll that gentrification has taken on the city of Oakland (nation wide), and ignites a call to action to reclaim our humanity in the midst of our ever changing world. “In a city of tents, every tent has a story.” It is up to us to change the narrative of homelessness, mental trauma, and despair.
Destiny
Performed by Osunfemi Wanbi Njeri & SliqAngel
Directors: WolfHawkJaguar & ShakaJamal
Producers: 393 FIlms & Olu8 Film & Culture
Summary: Orisa hip hop artist Osunfemi Wanbi Njeri and South Afrikan artist SliqAngel reveal strength and vulnerability describing how they make it through their highs and lows of life.
Artist In Exile
Kiyoko McCrae: Producer/Co-Director
Jason Foster: Co-Director/Editor
Stephanie McKee:mProducer
Zac Manuel (Director of Photography)
Summary: Merging documentary and poetry, this short film follows Sunni Patterson’s return to New Orleans, twelve years after Katrina.
It’s Been Poetry
Director: H.R.M Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II
Summary: Four decades of friends and family tell the story of Oyotunji Yoruba African Village, the only African Town in North America and its founder HRM. Oba Osejeman Adfeunmi.
First Friday: Healing Circles, poerty & music mixer
Healing Circles
(Email for invitation & location)
4pm- 7pm Determination Black Men & Women's Circle
food and drinks provided
Music & Poetry mixer
Spirithaus Gallery 2217 Adeline St Oakland
8pm-12am - come meet, greet and celebrate life with the Kings, Iya's, spiritual leaders, live music, DJ, food
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divine alignment workshop, Iya court panel, King court panel
Panels
Workshop 11:00 - 12:00pm
Lunch break 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Iya (Mother) panel 1:00pm - 2:30pm
King Court panel 3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Orisa urban world concert
The Haven 3007 Telegraph Ave Oakland CA
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orisa dance class, orisa song class & bembe
the Haven 3007 Telegraph Ave Oakland CA
Come learn and practice the dances and songs that traditionalists use to greet, praise and salute the deities known as Orisa.
The bembe party is when we will have fun singing and dancing for the Orisa.
Wear your whites or African garb