Movie Details
Theatrical Release:April 6th, 2022
Original Language:English
Death of A (2022)
DirectorKandis Williams
WriterKandis Williams
Plot
Kandis Williams based the structure of her video Death of A on Arthur Millers 1949 play Death of a Salesman Composed of two acts and a requiem Millers tragedy follows Willy Loman the titular salesman in a morality play about the socalled American Dream and the dissatisfactions of capitalism Instead of simply using Millers language Williams collaged a script that also includes texts by Albert Einstein Saidiya Hartman Yvonne Rainer and others A single actor performs passages from the script as imagery from pop political and journalistic sources appears Williamss Loman character appears as both actor and dancer accentuating the emphasis placed on the monologue and solo in theater and dance respectively She has reflected the work reconfigures the historical record to reflect the unnamable narratives of the psyche emphasizing the Black body as a site of experience at the same time that it is coopted as a politicized symbol by the spectator
