COMPOSED BY Yvette Janine Jackson POETRY BY Jarita Davis PERFORMED BY Malesha Jessie Taylor, Soprano INSTRUMENTALS BY Joy Guidry, Bassoon ANIMATION BY Zekkereya El-magharbel
The libretto is based on a personal experience of the poet who was at a coffee shop open mic night when a man stepped to the stage and talked about his job preparing law enforcement (and now civilians) to use fear as their alibi in case they get ever in trouble for killing an unarmed black person.
Commissioned by PROTOTYPE Festival for MODULATION.
