Planning a movie night with 'I Don’t Protest, I Just Dance In My Shadow' tonight?
Here are a few important points to remember about the Arts Council of England, National Lottery through UK Film Council, Animate Projects, The Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust animation flick. I Don’t Protest, I Just Dance In My Shadow starring Annlin Chao, Ng’endo Mukii, Maybelle Peters, Jessica Knights has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 5 min.
Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "“I don’t want to feel like it’s only me. I know it’s not only me, because there are others out there…” ‘I Don’t Protest, I Just Dance In My Shadow’ is a short visual essay film by artist animator, Jessica Ashman, about navigating the visual art and animation world as a black face in a white space. Using animation and recorded interviews of eight other women of colour artists, ‘I Don’t Protest, I Just Dance In My Shadow’ is an abstract confessional from the director herself: a visualisation of the joy, frustration, wishes and dreams of what it feels like to be a black women and a woman of colour artist, creating and existing."
Streaming platforms for I Don’t Protest, I Just Dance In My Shadow haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.
