Meanwhile

Documentary / 89 mins

Now Playing at Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles,
and Wayfarer Highland Park in Chicago

“..this is, indeed, poetry.” 

“...an essential experience right now...”

“A gorgeous, quietly energetic, and moving meditation..”

🏆WINNER Silver Alexander

Opens in Nantucket, MA at Nantucket Dreamland Theater on March 26,
in Lambertville, NJ at ACME Screening Room on March 28
in Cleveland, OH at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque on April 11,
in Brattleboro, VT at Epsilon Spires on April 11,
in Basalt, CO, at TACAW on May 1,
in Worcester, MA at Cinema Worcester on May 1
in Columbus, OH, at Gateway Film Center on May 3 & May 4,
in San Francisco, CA, at the Roxie Theater on May 25,
in Larkspur, CA, at the Lark Theater on May 26, and
in Walla Walla, WA at Gesa Power House Theatre on May 28
Expands to select cities this Spring

Read more in Variety

MEANWHILE is a docu-poem in six verses about artists breathing through chaos. In dynamic collaboration, Jacqueline Woodson (text), Meshell Ndegeocello (soundscape), Erika Dilday (support), M. Trevino (structure), and Catherine Gund (direction), combine artists’ expressions with historical and observational footage to unveil a rare cinematic meditation about identity, race, racism and resistance as they shape our shared breath.

“This is not a love letter to this country. But to us inside this country. We see us. We love us. We make eye contact and nod to us.”

Jacqueline Woodson, narrator

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