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(Re)Counting (Wo)Man is a one-person (show turned into) film that explores indigeneity, sexuality, queerness, history, ancestral traditions, anti-black racism, and strategies of survival in a mixed media tapestry of poetry, storytelling, images, and film. Written, performed, and directed by Dr. Jennifer Lisa Vest, a mixed blood Florida Mikasuki Seminole poet, philosopher, performance artist, and healer from Chicago.
Jennifer Lisa has curated, directed, and performed in numerous mixed media shows throughout the US. She founded Daughters of the Dream, and Diva-Nation (DC). The Four Corners Collective (SF) and co-founded the Native Media Collective (Oakland). She helped to write and produce the film Who Owns the Past, starred in the short film, Dos Almas/Two-Spirit and formulated the genre of Philo-Poetics. Her poetry has been published in several journals and anthologies and she has performed her work worldwide. |
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