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Untitled (M*A*S*H)

2018-06-09 en 11m
Music
Leigh’s video work Untitled (M*A*S*H) (2018) imagines a fictive order of black nurses operating on the front of the Korean War, a conflict that began between the United States and North Korea in 1950 and never officially ceased. Like M*A*S*H—the long-running American TV show (1972–83) it parodies—the work directs attention to the overlooked life in the staging grounds. Showcasing the agonizing choices faced by those who staff the tented encampments of war, it perhaps also serves as a reminder that our neighborhoods remain a warfront too. Using only artist’s tools, Leigh asks: How do we transform ourselves and others?

Screenplay

Simone Leigh

Director

Simone Leigh

Producer

JaSaun Buckner

Choreographer

Rashida Bumbray

Screenplay

Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Editor

Stefani Saintonge

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany
  • United States of America

Companies

  • The Berlin Biennale