We Move in Color

Written by Wyatt Jackson & Robby Thomas
Music composed, produced & mixed by Gen “Genzo” Rubin
Get Up (from Remember Their Names) written by Wyatt Jackson, Gen Rubin and Cheryl Yie, mixed by Jimmy Douglass and Gen Rubin.
I’m Building Me a Home and I Shall Not Be Moved/We Shall Overcome produced by Joe Pigee

Artwork by Paul Goodnight

Photos by Lou Jones

Additional Images and animation by Gen Rubin

Story Design by Wyatt Jackson

Act 1

Scene 1 - Abundant Africa: From the Beginning
Vocalist: Anita Faye; Choreography: Sheryl Pollard-Thomas

Scene 2 - Captured
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson

Scene 3 - Enslaved  (350 Years)
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson

Scene 4 - Emancipation
Choreography: Joe González

Scene 5 - Reconstruction (1864)
Vocalist: Anita Faye

Scene 6 - Great Migration
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson

Scene 7 - Our Renaissance (1927)
Vocalist: Anita Faye
Choreography: Khalid Hill

Intermission

(African Mask animated art by Gen Rubin and Lou Jones)

Act 2

Scene 1 - Inspiration to Resist (1958)
Vocalist: Anita Faye

Scene 2 - We Got the Power (1967)
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson

Scene 3 - Love of Self (1973)
Choreography: Sheryl Pollard-Thomas

Scene 4 - Come Through the Door (1984)
Vocalist, Choreography: Wyatt Jackson

Scene 5 - That Vibe (1993)
Vocalist: Candis Hilton; Choreography: Wyatt Jackson

Scene 6 - Remember their Names
Vocalists: Anita Faye, Candis Hilton, Wyatt Jackson

Scene 7- Afrofuturism: Here and Now
Vocalists: Anita Faye, Wyatt Jackson, Candis Hilton
Choreography: Sheryl Pollard-Thomas, , Khalid Hill, Wyatt Jackson

Cast

Mother Africa - Anita Faye

Griot - Wyatt Jackson

Griot 2 - Candis Hilton

African Drummer - Stephen O’Neal

Dancers: Desirae Smith, Joe Gonzalez, Janine Beckles, Jelena Bates, Shelda Caddues, Isabella Wright, Zakhele Grabowski (Virtual), Josh Johnson, Ja’Bowen Dixon, Aiden Williams, Liberty Hull

Tech Crew

Production Assistant: Kaia Rubin

QLab Programmer/Operator: Gen Rubin

Additional Recorded Musicians:

Julian Medeiros - Saxophone

Rodrigo Medeiros - Guitar

Farnell Newton - Trumpet and Trombone