NOA: A Music Film
Type of Presentation
media_presentation
Location
D34005
Start Date
4-17-2025 1:30 PM
End Date
4-17-2025 2:15 PM
Description of Program
NOA: A Music Film is a highly collaborative project which includes movement, poetry, music, and improvisation. The film weaves together nine songs to form a non-linear story which strives to understand how we can embrace our grief and losses for purposes of inner and outer transformation in a modern context.
Abstract
Dr. Taylor “Tay” Rogers (Governors State University) presents a screening of their award-winning short film NOA: A Music Film, which is a companion piece to the contemporary folk album “NOA” (released by Tay Rogers in 2019). NOA is a highly collaborative project which includes movement, poetry, music, and improvisation. The film weaves together nine tracks off the album, forming a non-linear story that strives to understand how we can embrace our grief and losses for purposes of inner and outer transformation in a modern context. The film features seven on-screen independent Chicago-based artists, each of whom brings their own perspectives and unique knowledge to this multidisciplinary exploration of our emotional lives. With each musical turn, the film introduces the viewer to a new character, drawing on different modes of creative expression as a vessel for grief and a source of healing. This film brings viewers into an experience of deep feeling, infecting them with the same kind of emotional bravery exhibited in its storytelling.
Identify Grant
Northwestern's Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts grant
Presentation File
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Streaming Media
NOA: A Music Film
D34005
Dr. Taylor “Tay” Rogers (Governors State University) presents a screening of their award-winning short film NOA: A Music Film, which is a companion piece to the contemporary folk album “NOA” (released by Tay Rogers in 2019). NOA is a highly collaborative project which includes movement, poetry, music, and improvisation. The film weaves together nine tracks off the album, forming a non-linear story that strives to understand how we can embrace our grief and losses for purposes of inner and outer transformation in a modern context. The film features seven on-screen independent Chicago-based artists, each of whom brings their own perspectives and unique knowledge to this multidisciplinary exploration of our emotional lives. With each musical turn, the film introduces the viewer to a new character, drawing on different modes of creative expression as a vessel for grief and a source of healing. This film brings viewers into an experience of deep feeling, infecting them with the same kind of emotional bravery exhibited in its storytelling.
https://opus.govst.edu/research_day/2025/thurs/15