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Black Canadian dance artists share experiences of racism in TESSEL
Black Canadian dance artists share experiences of racism in TESSEL
Esie Mensah s dance film aims to make viewers think about enduring patterns of discrimination By Charlie Smith
TESSEL by Esie Mensah. Free. Premieres Tuesday (June 1) at tessel.film.
Last year’s police murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd prompted tremendous soul-searching within the Canadian arts community.
But even as expressions of good intentions were being widely articulated, Toronto dancer and choreographer Esie Mensah felt that more needed to be done to shine a light on racism within her art form.
NOW Magazine
40 at 40: Photographing one of NOW’s most challenging covers
Photographer Michael Watier had a vision for his October 2014 Nuit Blanche cover, but when the unexpected happened he had to rethink it By Glenn Sumi and Fran Schechter
May 10, 2021
Original photos by Michael Watier
So far in the 40 at 40 anniversary series revisiting 40 memorable NOW cover stories from the past four decades, we’ve mostly caught up with the subjects of a story, or the original writers. But since the Contact Photography Festival is currently on, we decided to focus this week on the photography behind one of our most memorable covers.