on revolution

To anyone watching and listening in horror, I too am in horror. I petitioned the wind for answers, and it whispered back to me. The whispers gave me some respite, but mostly I realized that the wind, the trees, the water, and the air were all just as confused as I was. But then we all heard another voice, and that one empowered us to remember so that our offspring would never forget. So that we could not just be armed with tools to liberate ourselves, but so that the offspring had a model for their future liberation. These are whispers from that other voice. I hope they move you the way they've moved me. I hope they move us all towards action.

Ya'Ke Smith has a grounded and unflinching storytelling style. His films have received world-wide acclaim, screening and winning awards at over 110 film festivals. He has been featured on NPR, CNN, HLN, Ebony Online, Indiewire, Filmmaker Magazine and Shadow&Act. He is currently a Professor of film at the University of Texas at Austin. Variety magazine named him one of the best film educators "from across the globe." A writer since before he can remember, this is his first published poetry collection.

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