InfiniteBody Honor Roll 2024
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| Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Wicked |
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| You know who this is. |
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| Kali Reis,True Detective: Night Country |
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| Origin's Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor |
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| Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown |
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| Kōji Yakusho, Perfect Days |
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| Doechii |
Artists, I thank Spirit for your lives.
I wish you the recognition, respect, support, and care you need,
for you give us so much.
Stay strong in 2025!
--Eva Yaa Asantewaa
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| Good Grief (Netflix) |
Good Grief, written and directed by Daniel Levy, streaming on Netflix
Each of Us A Desert, by Mark Oshiro (Macmillan, 2020)
Yungchen Lhamo – One Drop of Kindness (Real World Records, 2023)
Artist Firelei Báez: I Consider Myself a Filter | Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Hear, by Ogemdi Ude, Out-Front! Fesival 2024, The Center, January 13-14
King in the Wilderness, directed by Peter W. Kunhardt, 2018, streaming on Max
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| Choreographer Samar Haddad King, APAP showing |
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| Heather Christian's Terce: A Practical Breviary (photo: Maria Baranova) |
Gathering, by Samar Haddad King (Yaa Samar! Dance Theater), work-in-progress showing for APAP at The Center for Ballet and the Arts, January 16
Okan (band), Elizabeth Rodriguez: vocals, violin; Magdelys Savigne: vocals, percussion (website)
Jeremy Dutcher (musician) (website)
Beverly Johnson: IN VOGUE, directed by Josh Ravetch, 59E59 Theaters, January 21
Origin, directed by Ava DuVernay
True Detective: Night Country, directed by Issa López, streaming on Max
Terce: A Practical Breviary, written, composed and created by Heather Christian, directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant, January 24-February 4
Aristotle Thinks Again, directed/choreographed by Dan Safer, Great Jones Repertory, La MaMa, January 25-February 4
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| ¡Fenomenal!, Rompeforma 1989-1996 |
¡Fenomenal!, Rompeforma 1989-1996, with Merián Soto and Viveca Vázquez, The Dance Historian Is In, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, January 31
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions, 2015)
Joan Baez: I Am A Noise, directed by Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky, and Maeve O'Boyle, streaming on Hulu
The Vince Staples Show, Episode 2, directed by Ben Younger (2024), streaming on Netflix
Motaz Azaiza Captured Gaza’s Suffering. But ‘Nothing Changed.’ by Mona El-Naggar, Neil Collier and Mark Boyer, The New York Times
All of Us Strangers, directed by Andrew Haigh (2024), streaming on Hulu
Perfect Days, directed by Wim Wenders (2023)
What We Hold, by Jean Butler, Irish Arts Center, February 14-March 3
Dune: Part Two, directed by Denis Villeneuve (2024)
Anatomy of A Fall, directed by Justine Triet (2023), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Black Cake, created by Marissa Jo Cerar, directed by Natalia Leite (2023), streaming on Hulu
The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer (2023), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
"The Shape of My Impact" by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought, edited by Briona Simone Jones, The New Press (2021)
Damsel, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (2024), streaming on Netflix
Shirley, directed by John Ridley (2024), streaming on Netflix
Cowboy Carter, by Beyoncé (2024)
Harlem (2021-2023), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, directed by Ari Katcher (2024), streaming on Max
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| Susan Muaddi Darraj's Behind You is the Sea |
Behind You is the Sea, by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Harper Collins, 2024)
Ripley, directed by Steven Zaillian (2024), streaming on Netflix
Tig Notaro: Hello Again, directed by Stephanie Allynne (2024), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
20 Days in Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov (2023), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Japanese Tea and Ritual Room —卯月Uzuki (April), by Maho Ogawa with Carolyn Hall, Annie MingHao Wang, and Tomoko Hojo, JACK, April 19-20
Imagination: A Manifesto, by Ruha Benjamin (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024)
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (Twentieth Anniversary Edition), by Robin D. G. Kelley (Penguin Random House, 2022)
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| Prentice Penny's Black Twitter: A People's History (photo: Disney/Andrew Walker) |
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca at The Joyce Theater, April 23-28
Ahead of the Curve, directed by Jen Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow (2020), streaming on Netflix
El Niño, by John Adams, The Metropolitan Opera, 2023-24 season
Black Twitter: A People's History, directed by Prentice Penny (2024), streaming on Hulu
Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow, directed by Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb (2024), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Stax: Soulville U.S.A., directed by Jamila Wignot (2024), streaming on Max
Two Weeks Inside Gaza’s Ruined Hospitals, by Samer Attar; video by Alexander Stockton and Amanda Su, The New York Times
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| Pacita Abad. Detail. Marcos and His Cronies (1985-95) |
Pacita Abad, MoMA PS 1, April 4-September 2
Heroes, by John Scott, La MaMa Moves, May 30-June 2
Hit Man, directed by Richard Linklater (2024) streaming on Netflix
Chaka Khan: Tiny Desk Concert, NPR Music, June 11
Purlie Victorious, by Ossie Davis, directed by David Horn, PBS Great Performances, streaming May 24-July 19
MoviePass, MovieCrash, directed by Muta'Ali (2024), streaming on Max
Remembering Gene Wilder, directed by Ron Frank (2023), streaming on Netflix
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| Andrea Gibson's poetry: You Better Be Lightning |
You Better Be Lightning, by Andrea Gibson (Button Poetry, 2021)
Hacks: Seasons 1-3, streaming on Max
Where Olive Trees Weep, directed by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo (2024) (https://whereolivetreesweep.com/)
Bad Faith, directed by Stephen Ujlaki and Christopher Jacob Jones (2024), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
El Paisa, directed by Daniel Eduvijes Carrera (2023), PBS Short Film Festival
Boca Chica, directed by Ai Vuong and Samuel Diaz Fernandez (2024), PBS Short Film Festival
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| Colman Domingo (left) and Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing |
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| Documentary series on champion Simone Biles |
Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar (2023)
Simone Biles Rising limited series, directed by Katie Walsh (2024), streaming on Netflix
Skywalkers: A Love Story, directed by Jeff Zimbalist (2024), streaming on Netflix
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lakhpa Sherpa, directed by Lucy Walker (2024), streaming on Netflix
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| Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color |
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| Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode, A Discovery of Witches |
Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color by Lorraine Monteagut, PhD (Chicago Review Press, 2022)
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, NPR, streaming from August 7
Daughters, directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton (2024), streaming on Netflix
Lift, directed by David Peterson (2022), streaming on Amazon Prime Video
A Discovery of Witches (2018-2022), streaming on Netflix
The Bear by Andrew Krivak (Bellevue Literary Press, 2020)
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, Brooklyn Museum, September 13-January 19, 2025
Get to Know the Misunderstood Canada Goose, directed by Karsten Wall, New York Times Op-Docs
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| Shogun's Hiroyuki Sanada (left) and Anna Sawai |
Shogun limited series (2024), streaming on Hulu
Robert Smithson at Dia: Spiral Jetty by SandenWolff (2024)
Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala at Asia Society through January 5, 2025
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| My Book-of-the-Year from Ta-Nehisi Coates |
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Penguin Random House, 2024)
The Outrun, directed by Nora Fingscheidt (2024)
Apple Killed Albums. Now It Wants to Rank Them, The Culture Desk podcast with Wesley Morris and Eric Hynes, The New York Times
Ali Wong: Single Lady, directed by Ali Wong (2024), streaming on Netflix
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| Skeleton Architecture's improv (photo: Eva Yaa Asantewaa) |
Prelude 2024: Skeleton Architecture, CUNY Graduate Center, October 16
For Day of the Dead, a Burst of Flowers to Honor the Departed, directed by Cesár Martinez Barba, Op-Docs, The New York Times, November 1
Conclave, directed by Edward Berger (2024)
Anora, directed by Sean Baker (2024)
Emilia Pérez, directed by Jacques Audiard (2024), streaming on Netflix
The Piano Lesson, directed by Malcolm Washington (2024), streaming on Netflix
Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu (2024)
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| Marlon James |
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| Colman Domingo in The Madness |
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| Ebony Obsidian (l) as Lena Derriecott King (r) in Netflix's The Six Triple Eight |
GNX by Kendrick Lamar (PG Lang and Interscope Records, 2024)
Get Millie Black limited series, written by Marlon James (2024), streaming on Max
The Madness limited series, directed by Clement Virgo (2024), streaming on Netflix
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. (Crown, 2020)
The Brothers Sun, directed by Kevin Tancharoen (2024), streaming on Netflix
Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, directed by Kristi Jacobson (2024), streaming on Max
Yacht Rock: A Rockumentary, directed by Garret Price (2024), streaming on Max
somebody somewhere , directed by Jay Duplass, Robert Cohen, and Lennon Parnham (2022-24), streaming on Max
Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert, NPR Music, December 6
Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, through January 12, 2025
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was..., directed by Hamish Hamilton, streaming on Netflix
Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín (2024), streaming on Netflix
The Equalizer, Seasons 1-3, streaming on Netflix
The Six Triple Eight, directed by Tyler Perry, streaming on Netflix
Kieran Culkin & Colman Domingo | Actors on Actors, Variety (2024), streaming on YouTube
Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate It, directed by Cameron Barnett (2024), streaming on Netflix
A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold (2024)
The Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross (2024)
