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This film will have open captions as part of the new 4K restoration. Click here to learn more about accessibility at the Tomorrow Theater. 

THE EXPERIENCE

You’re invited to take part in a grounding 20-minute breath practice to help you gently release tension and settle into your body. This accessible practice is open to everyone—no experience needed. Together, we’ll shift from the busyness of the mind into the stillness of the body through mindful breath and awareness. It’s a chance to slow down, arrive fully in the present moment, and create a sense of calm from within.  The breath practice will take place in advance of a very special screening of the 1999 film Compensation, along with woo-woo as part of our Self-Care Sunday series. 

ON SCREEN: Compensation

1999. Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis. Runtime: 1hr 35min. Not Rated.

A poignant portrait of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of love at both ends of the twentieth century, Zeinabu irene Davis’s film is a groundbreaking story of inclusion and visibility. In dual performances, Michelle A. Banks and John Earl Jelks play an educated dressmaker and an illiterate migrant in 1910s Chicago, and a resilient graphic artist and an endearing librarian living in the same city eight decades later. Employing archival photography, an original score blending ragtime and African percussion, and lyrical editing, Davis deftly intertwines the two couple’s stories, in ways both tender and tragic. Compensation is a landmark of American independent cinema that confronts the social forces and prejudices that hinder love.

ON STAGE: Ruth Tessema, LPC

Rooted in holistic wellness, Ruth combines physical, energetic, mental, and spiritual elements into her practice. As a licensed mental health therapist and educator, she specializes in somatic trauma healing and is dedicated to addressing inequalities in mental health and wellness for marginalized communities. Through her private practice, Rising Self Wellness, she offers holistic psychotherapy, breathwork, sound healing, and wellness workshops and retreats.

ON STAGE: ariella tai

ariella tai (b. 1987 Queens, NY) is an experimental filmmaker, artist, educator and independent programmer currently based in Portland, OR. Their practice centers experimental film, particularly digital and analog glitch processes, as feminist methodologies. They have shown work at Anthology Film Archives, Portland Institute For Contemporary Art, MOCA, Smack Mellon, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, amongst others. They are currently an adjunct  professor at the Portland State University School of Film, where they teach courses on Black Queer and Black Feminist Film traditions.

ON STAGE: woo-woo

woo-woo is a community space for well-being movement, mindfulness, more.