Folklore Films

Houston Arts Alliance Folk Film Department

A traditional film follows the arc of a typical narrative, following chronological events from chapter to chapter. The visual poem is an original concept by Marlon F. Hall that moves through the narrative from stanza to stanza, more like a sonnet, driven by a shapeless love for the subjects and their stories.

Art, original music, ethnography and poetry meet to form Folklore Films. This visual-anthropological film project that tells better stories to people about people one subject at a time.

Each visual poem in the series is a narrative that moves from one stanza to the next driven, by emotional aesthetics.

The stories are driven by visual poetry. Folklore Films Presented visual poems highlighting Houstonians who are folkloric in their life’s work. Part film screening, part live performance, this event will feature live performances from Vibraphonist Chase Jordan, Guitarist Denis Cisneros, Bassist Ikechi Ojore and Vocalist Michele Thibeaux Jason Mitchell woven throughout the premiere of four new films.

This project is funded in part by a grant from the City of Houston; City’s Initiative Program through the Houston Arts Alliance, support from Kickin’ Kombucha, and the Office of Vice Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Davis.

Film Screening | Live Music | Artist Talk | Reception & Cross-Pollination Mixer