Audio Storytelling

Aural Portrait: Jacinda Bullie

PRODUCED BY JUSTIN ZULLO

Jacinda Bullie is a co-director of Kuumba Lynx, a hip-hop arts education organization in the Uptown neighborhood in Chicago. In the portrait, Jacinda talks about physical movement, hip hop theatre, and liberation.

 

Letters to Standing Rock

PRODUCED BY JUSTIN ZULLO

Youth participants of Kuumba Lynx reflect on their journey during the Standing Rock uprisings against the Dakota Access Pipeline and speak on Black-Indigenous solidarity.

 

SOA and the Militarization of CPS

PRODUCED BY JUSTIN ZULLO

Meshing the poetry of Chicago-based emcee and poet, SolarFive, recordings from protests at the School of the Americas, and original instrumentation, this piece asks: How does local and global forms of militarization connect to youth-of-color criminalization in Chicago?

 

Braid Tails: An Oral History of Chicago Hip-Hop Education

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Braid Tails is a series of audio stories and sound installations consisting of oral narratives, interviews, and spoken word poetry recorded at Kuumba Lynx (KL), a Chicago-based arts and education organization. Covering topics like Chicago hip-hop history, police violence, and feminism, these audio stories take listeners through the artistic approaches of local hip-hop educators, activists, and students.