Bronx Gothic
- Year
- 2017
- Description
- Part performance by Okwui Okpokwasili of Bronx Gothic—a work about two 12-year-old black girls in the 1980s that incorporates dance, music, and spoken word—and part profile that includes footage of Okpokwasili on tour; interviews; Q&A sessions with audience members; and discussions with Peter Born, her husband and the director of the stage show.
- Director
- Rossi, Andrew
- Writer
- Okpokwasili, Okwui
- Producer
- Okpokwasili, Okwui; Rossi, Andrew
- Cinematographer
- Rossi, Andrew; Sarkinen, Bryan
- Editor
- Coffman, Andrew
- Production Team
- Abstract, Independent Filmmaker Project, Red Hook Post, and Grasshopper Film
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (91 min.) or 1 streaming video (91 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Additional Content
- The DVD includes "The Alphabet Song" (4 min.), which is an excerpt from the live performance of Bronx Gothic, and a portion of a master class with Okwui Okpokwasili (5 min.).
- Updated
- 01-04-2024
Production Information
Film InformationReviews
New York Times, July 11, 2017RogerEbert.com, July 12, 2017