“Sistahs Black Like Me”
Catch It This Time!
See Yeah
On Saturday July 27th, at the Poets’ Den in East
Harlem, “Sistahs Black Like Me” produced
“ Bridges”. Sistahs Black Like Me’s producer Clarke Clark, and others are creating
theatrical creative outlets for Sisters and Brothers. If we do not initiate, we
do not exist. As we lose physical spaces, houses, institutions, it is
imperative that we create new spaces for ourselves. What a wonderful platform “Sistahs Black Like
Me” has created, for us to produce and work together using theatre techniques, dance,
poetry, and spoken word. The singers were so natural, singing without musical
instruments, being voice and the musical sound. The “Violin Diva” was awesome. In
fact the whole cast was incredibly rich in their creative abilities.
Venues like this are needed. These are spaces for us to be
who we are; Nubian queens and kings. They shared their talents and life
experiences. It was truly community art.
It was elevating. They are our griots doing healing work, expressing and speaking
the unspeakable. I took the show home with me. I look forward to the next “Sistahs Black Like
Me” production.
Adjoa Linda
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