An award-winning and compelling examination of the body politic that blends of poetry and dance. Four acclaimed dancers create original choreography based on poetry about the body politic from Bellevue Literary Review, set to music commissioned for this special event, plus ASL interpretation. An Official Selection of the North Film Festival and the Black Lives Rising Dance/Film Festival Reading the Body is a collaboration of Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation. https://blreview.org/ https://thepaigefraserfoundation.org/ Dancers: Christian Warner Christian Paris Blue Samantha Barriento Paige Fraser-Hoffman BLR Poetry and Poets: 'Snow' by Paul Howe 'Ellis Island, 1951' by Vera Kroms 'Catching Pregnancy' by Lisa Mullenneaux 'Sonnet for Lidwina, Patron Saint of MS' by Alene Terzian-Zeitounian All poems originally published in Bellevue Literary Review. Music: Darryl J. Hoffman Videographer: David A. Quiroga, QL Photo Camera Assistant: Michael Goetz Editor: Mike Giglio Narrator: Lynnette Freeman ASL Interpreter: Avery Gordon Creative Directors: Paige Fraser-Hoffman Executive Producers: Danielle Ofri, Lesmah J. Fraser, and Linda C. Lombardi Copyright © 2024 Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation All rights reserved.

An award-winning and compelling examination of recovery that blends of poetry and dance. Four acclaimed dancers create original choreography based on poetry about recovery from Bellevue Literary Review, set to music commissioned for this special event, plus ASL interpretation. The film has garnered multiple international awards: ~Winner of the Kiez Berlin Film Festival in Germany ~Winner of the New Arts International Film Festival in London ~Winner of the Zensa Media International Film Festival in Montreal ~Winner of the TheaterLive Online Film Festival ~Honorable Mention in Vienna International Film Awards in Austria ~Finalist in TILTed Aerial Dance Film Festival in the UK ~Special Mention in 01 NFT Digital Arts Film Festival in the UK Official Selection for: ~New York Short Film Festival in NYC ~Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival in Canada ~Exeter Dance International Film Festival in the UK ~Vesuvius International Film Fest in Italy ~Festival Fotogenia in Mexico ~International Fine Arts Film Festival in Hollywood ~Mignolo International Screendance Festival ~FilmFest by Rogue Dancer ~Cadence Video Poetry Festival in Seattle Reading the Body is a collaboration of Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation. https://blreview.org/ https://thepaigefraserfoundation.org/ Dancers: Paige Fraser-Hoffman Jerron Herman Joey Kipp Samantha Figgins BLR Poetry and Poets: 'Surviving You' by Anthony Aguero 'When It Smells Like Rain' by Monique Ferrell 'A Spring Without Us' by Talia Bloch 'Love, We Never Get Too Far' by Nicholas Yingling All poems originally published in Bellevue Literary Review. Music: Darryl Hoffman Videographer: David A. Quiroga Editor: Mike Giglio Narrator: Lynnette Freeman ASL Interpreter: Aisha Simpson Creative Directors: Danielle Ofri, Paige Fraser-Hoffman Executive Producers: Danielle Ofri, Lesmah J. Fraser, and Linda C. Lombardi Copyright © 2023 Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation All rights reserved.