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  • Black Cherokee (2012)
  • Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
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Black Cherokee (2012)
Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
For over a decade and on a near-daily basis, Otis Houston, Jr., a self-taught performance artist from Harlem, has performed before a captive audience of car-bound commuters passing through a natural bottleneck on Manhattan's FDR drive. ...See moreFor over a decade and on a near-daily basis, Otis Houston, Jr., a self-taught performance artist from Harlem, has performed before a captive audience of car-bound commuters passing through a natural bottleneck on Manhattan's FDR drive. BLACK CHEROKEE is a documentary short that explores this unique artist's work at a time of great productivity, and also significant challenge as he's charged with caring for his beloved father who's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. A meditation on family, inspiration, sanity and success, the film is a lyrical window into Otis' deep sense of duty, his raw charisma, and the dynamic beauty of his art. See less
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Sam Cullman
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Updated Sep 25, 2020

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