In The Making

Season 1

An artist celebrating Black womanhood. A Hawiian poet fighting for Indigenous rights. A jazz musician who’s redefining his craft. Meet eight emerging artists from underrepresented communities who are shaking up their respective fields.

Where to Watch In The Making • Season 1

8 Episodes

  • Damon Davis: Apologue for the Darkest Gods
    E1
    Damon Davis: Apologue for the Darkest GodsLearn about Damon Davis, a St. Louis native whose work spans illustration, painting, printmaking, music, film, and public art and explores the African-American experience.
  • Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance
    E2
    Bunky Echo-Hawk: The ResistanceFilmmaker Ben-Alex Dupris explores how the reality and resistance of Native Americans inspires the work of Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, igniting discussions about environmentalism and Native American rights, among other topics.
  • Anik Khan: Street Level
    E3
    Anik Khan: Street LevelFilmmakers Sofian Khan and Joseph Patel explore the music of Anik Khan, the Bangladesh-born, Queens, New York-raised hip-hop artist whose music sketches the immigrant experience with rare poetic flare, incisive depth and a whole masala of influences at his fingertips.
  • Amyra León: Strange Grace
    E4
    Amyra León: Strange GraceFilmmaker Malika Zouhali-Worrall provides a portrait of Amyra León, the musician, poet, author and activist who channels deeply personal experiences of pain and healing into raw, majestic, and often cathartic performances that celebrate love, Blackness and womanhood.
  • Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This is the Way We Rise
    E5
    Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This is the Way We RiseFilmmaker Ciara Lacy documents Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet, activist and academic, and her continued work towards justice for Hawaii’s native population.
  • Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon
    E6
    Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the MoonFilmmaker Ligaiya Romero explores the life and work of Maia Cruz Palileo, the multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist who examines themes of migration and the permeable concept of home in her works, inspired by the oral history of her family’s arrival in the United States from the Philippines.
  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: The New Chief
    E7
    Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: The New ChiefFilmmakers Amitabh Joshi and Erik Spink spotlight Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, the Grammy-nominated, modern jazz musician from New Orleans who defies the expectations of jazz while challenging how music is taught in universities nationwide.
  • Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near
    E8
    Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is NearFilmmaker Ray Santisteban highlights Vincent Valdez, the San Antonio, Texas-born artist who emphasizes themes of social justice, memory and ignored or under-examined historical narratives in his work.

 

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