As the streets filled with cries of Black Lives Matter after the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor so too did the windows, fire escapes, and walls of Brooklyn. The film What the Streets Want documented many of these signs, but due to the pandemic many people were not able to view the film when screened by the Film-Makers Coop, and those that did could only watch it in isolation. Now many of the signs have faded or come down, but the police are still killing people and we need to truly make Black lives matter.

As part of the City Artist Corp Creative Public Engagement campaign there will be public screenings of the film accompanied by a sign making to renew our demands on Thursday October 28th and Thursday November 18th at The Word Is Change, 368 Tompkins Avenue in Bed-Stuy at 7pm. The new signs that we make will hopefully be activated in windows and walls and form the starting point for the next phase of the film as we continuing building the world we deserve to live in.

New York City Artist Corps

This screening is funded as one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.