Love Is the Message the Message Is Death (2016)

A reflection on Jafas desire to craft a black cinema that is responsive to the existential political and spiritual dimensions of Black life Comprised of found footage sampled from films newscasts sporting events music videos and citizen videos all of it downloaded from the Internet the clips have been woven together and set to Kanye Wests anthem Ultralight Beam Together the images and music make for an intense poignant meditation on African American life in the twentiethcentury This history is also the history by necessity of racism and prejudice