Hambone Griot

Hambone Griot (2025)

Documentary

Runtime: 13 minutes

Overview

Shot in part at 10,000 feet at Gross Reservoir in Colorado over a span of 12 years, this short film, featuring the indomitable Rennie Harris, shares a dreamscape glimpse into the vernacular dance form, hambone, or โ€œPatinโ€™ Juba.โ€ This work positions the powerful resilience of the Black male body in the face of white surveillance and the survival and evolution of the dance/music form of hambone within and beyond the histories of enslavement.

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