In A Minute: The Series
During the concurrent pandemic lockdown and intensified racial violence of 2020, Derrick "Fatnice" Jackson and I collaborated on the "In A Minute" project as a way to process the stress on our mental health that we were experiencing.
We agreed to commit to a daily routine of creative expression. Each day, Derrick recorded a vocal for his puppet persona, Puppet Nice. These vocals could be anything that inspired him in that moment. Sometimes he sang a song. Sometimes he read a piece of literature. Sometimes he rapped. The only restriction was that it had to be one minute or less.
Then, I acted out that vocal in front of a camera and through the puppet, combining the footage with whatever music, visuals and DIY special effects I could fit into one day. By the end of that day, we would have a one-minute video to post on social media. By the end of that summer, we had produced 66 videos.
Bill Withers: 5 April 2020Carribean Queen: 6 April 2020The Shogun: 7 April 2020The Crown Prince: 8 April 2020Kanday: 9 April 2020Jules Winnfield: 12 April 2020It’s Like A Heartbeat: 13 April 2020Sailing: 14 April 2020Landslide: 15 April 2020You Can Win: 16 April 2020The Enemy: 17 April 2020Way Out Way Out: 18 April 2020Brand New Funk: 6 June 2020Not Falling For It: 20 April 2020Watch Out George: 21 April 2020My Wonderful Starship: 22 April 2020A Word From Reverend Brown: 29 April 2020Time After Time: 24 April 2020Play A Little: 28 April 2020Get On Board: 28 April 2020All I Do: 29 April 2020
Tingling: 30 April 2020Here He Comes: 3 May 2020Searching 4 Fishnets: 4 May 2020The Devastating: 5 May 2020Take The Fall: 6 May 2020Patience Is Key:7 May 2020Listen To Your Homeboys: 11 May 2020What’s Your Function: 12 May 2020Orphans Rock: 13 May 2020Bus Stop: 14 May 2020A Okay: 15 May 2020LeRoi Jones: 18 May 2020 Earth Is Boring: 19 May 2020Leader Of The Hawks: 20 May 2020Listen To The Kola Nutas: 21 May 2020The Mothership Has Landed: 27 May 2020Kingston: 29 May 2020A Word From Mr. Baldwin: 30 May 2020Radio Raheem Revisited Again: 31 May 2020This Is Human Nature: 1 June 2020
America Has A Problem: 3 June 2020Someday: 4 June 2020The Hate That Hate Made: 5 June 2020The Blackness: 8 June 2020A Brown Girl Dead: 9 June 2020Change Is Here: 10 June 2020
Going On What Is: 11 June 2020The Whole Story: 12 June 2020Be Devoted: 15 June 2020Degabah: 16 June 2020Keep On Pushing: 28 July 2020No Zombies Allowed: 29 July 2020What’s Next: 30 July 2020Proud To Be Black: 31 July 2020No Justic No Peace: 3 August 2020What Is It?: 4 August 2020This Crazy World: 5 August 2020The Darker Beauty: 6 August 2020Alabama: 7 August 2020You Are Wonderful: 10 August 2020The Chairman: 11 August 2020People Unite: 12 August 2020T.I.M.E.: 13 August 2020Live And Direct: 14 August 2020Body Rock: 15 August 2020Fifty: 5 February 2024Happy Holidays: 24 December 2024
In A Minute: The Movie
A continuous narrative made by editing all of the above “In A Minute” videos together and adding some new footage. For me, this film paints a clear portrait of the experience of living through 2020.