Film
Bumpa
2025 · Documentary
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Overview
This documentary will explore the Afro-Caribbean dance, ‘whining’ alongside the practice of twerking to analyze respectability politics, pressures to accommodate whiteness, and gendered criticism of sexual expression within the Black diaspora. Using archival footage of West African dance, expert opinion from dancing and gender studies professors, and the active participation of partygoers in a dance experiment, Watkins will paint the picture of the defiance, autonomy, and ancestral veneration intrinsic to these traditional movement styles.
Cast
Crew
- Kayla Naomi WatkinsDirector · Writer
- Ja'Rel IvoryProducer
- Simone HollandDirector of Photography
- Aidan M. UnEditor
Details
- Release date
- August 22, 2025
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Genres
- Documentary
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