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Collaborators, in order of appearance: Tempest McLendon (live performance) is a dancer, educator, and gamer based in Houston, TX. Uloma Ogbannaya (live performance) is a social maven and creative pacemaker from Houston, TX. In the film, Amari Jones (movement) is a dancer and Duke grad student from Raleigh, NC. Ayan Felix (concept, movement, editing) is a Black femme from Beaumont, TX. Alyah Baker (movement) is a curator, dancer, and teacher in her hometown Raleigh, NC. Lee Edwards (movement) is a Duke grad student and dance artist from Mount Vernon, NY. Juliet Irving (movement, videography) is a movement artist and graphic designer from Monetta, NC. Naomi Washington Roque (movement) is a dancer, educator, and truth-teller from D.C. Ife Presswood (movement) runs Ife Michelle Presswood Dance in her hometown Charlotte, NC. Johnna Lambert (videography) is a filmmaker and afro-futurist from The Bronx, NY. Ivy Williams (videography, editing) is a documentarian and Duke Grad student from D.C. This piece was filmed on land that was taken from peoples of the Occoneechee band of the Saponi Nation and the Karankawa and Atakapa-Ishak. Both locations were stewarded by at least 2 generations of enslaved Africans.