THE SOLIDARITY INDEX

From Palestine to Puerto Rico, Sudan to Standing Rock, Berlin to Brooklyn and beyond – a mass movement of people is interconnected not only in our struggle against injustice, but in celebration of our collective power to demand and create change.

Decolonize. Solidarity. Liberation. Love. What do they sound, look, feel like in action?

Join our host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz – to explore these questions with trailblazing artists who are using cultural power to confront erasure and censorship with creativity and connection.

Produced by and centering the voices of women, queer, trans, and gender-expansive artists, THE SOLIDARITY INDEX is guided by the fact that no one of us can be free until everybody’s free.

SEEDCAST PODCAST

Seedcast is a narrative podcast, produced by Nia Tero, in which we dig up, nurture, and root stories of the Indigenous experience from around the world.

BLOOD MEMORY: THE EXPERIENCE

RECONNECT WITH YOUR ANCESTORS AND THE NATURAL WORLD

The Blood Memory Experience uses geo-located immersive soundscapes and stories to take you on a journey, reconnecting you to your ancestors and the Earth.

FORCED FROM HOME: SOUTH SUDAN

Waiting for Peace in South Sudan

Soon after gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan was torn by violence. David and his family are among millions who fled home to find safety. After spending more than two years stuck at a UN camp in Bentiu, David shares his story. Find out about MSF’s touring exhibition, Forced From Home, which will feature 360-degree video and virtual reality documentaries that show the realities of displacement around the world at: http://www.forcedfromhome.com/

FORCED FROM HOME: LEBANON

Lives on Hold in Lebanon

FORCED FROM HOME: ROHINGYA

We Are Rohingya

Mohammed and his family awoke one morning to the sound of gunfire in their village in Myanmar. The father of three describes how his son Ismail went from having a relatively normal life playing soccer with his friends, to trekking through rain-drenched forests to escape Myanmar, and falling sick with diphtheria while trying to settle into life at a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Their story echoes those of some 700,000 other Rohingya forced to flee their homes following a violent campaign by the Myanmar military starting in August 2017. Learn more about this VR series at www.forcedfromhome.com

RODEO BULL RIDE - USA TODAY VRtually There

Experience the most dangerous 8 seconds in sports in VR

AMERICA'S MARCHING BAND - USA TODAY VRtually There

Go behind the scenes of the Army Black Knights season opener against the Fordham Rams at Michie Stadium with the 200-year-old West Point Band.

Take the field with West Point Band at Army season opener in VR

MISSILE SILO DIVE - USA TODAY VRtually There

Fearless scuba divers explore abandoned nuclear missile silo in VR.

Fearless scuba divers explore abandoned nuclear missile silo in VR

BROADWAY CIRCLE UP: THIS IS HOW WE SHOOT BACK

Cast members of the Broadway community including "Hamilton", "The Color Purple", "The Lion King", "Shuffle Along", and "Motown" use the power of their voices to speak out against the continued loss of black lives due to prejudice.

#BroadwayUnite Concept & Production by: Martina Sykes, Sasha Hutchings, Ephraim Sykes, Daniel J. Watts in association with STATE Media. Filmed and edited by STATE Media - http://www.statemedia.nyc/ Co-Founder: Nate Hamlin Director: Stina Hamlin Associate Director: Jonathan Lee Editor: Juan Santiago

Broadway Circle Up 360 - This is How We Shoot Back.

SAY OUR NAME

Winner of the Samsung Creators Awards 2016, "Say Our Name" is an immersive hip-hop dance piece filmed on the streets of New York City engaging the viewer to look into the eyes of the people that the brutality is happening to everyday on streets throughout our nation. We must remember and say these names and never stop having this conversation until there is change and the injustice stops. Director, Stina Hamlin and Producer & DP, Nate Hamlin. Choreographer Jonathan Lee brings his stylings through the music and the message with the talent of amazing dancers from various backgrounds. Ephraim Sykes (HBO's Vinyl, Hamilton, Motown), Sasha Hutchings (Hamilton, Motown, Sweet Charity), Winston Brown (Jacob's Pillow, Taylor 2, Pilobolus) and up and coming Yancy Greene. Directed by: Stina Hamlin Choreography by: Jonathan Lee Produced by: Nate Hamlin Edited by: Juan C. Santiago Music and Audio Post Production: Btoven Music

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Say Our Name

An immersive hip-hop dance piece filmed on the streets of New York City engaging the viewer to look into the eyes of the people that the brutality is happening to everyday on streets throughout our nation. We must remember and say these names and never stop having this conversation until there is change and the injustice stops.

CARDBOARD CITY

360 video inside the enchanted studio of Brooklyn-based stop motion animator Danielle Ash. Premiered in the New York Film Festival 2016 and winner of Samsung Creator Award in 2015. Stina Hamlin launched the New Media Division at East Coast Digital with Cardboard City, seeking out a project to support with post production services. This was her first project in VR and the inspiration to focus on 360 and VR content.

CREDITS: Production Company: Double Eye Productions

Director – Kiira Benzing :: Art Director – Danielle Ash :: Writers – Kiira Benzing, Eulani Labay :: Narrative Designer – Eulani Labay :: Producers - Danielle Ash, Kiira Benzing, Eulani Labay, Tarik Mohamed :: Editor, Animator, Post Sound Design – Danielle Ash :: Post Producer - Stina Hamlin :: Cinematographer – Tarik Mohamed :: Gaffer – Mike Doyle Technical Director – Jimmy Marerro :: Colorist – Verne Mattson :: CTO of East Coast Digital – Scott Kleinberger