New Media comprises avant garde and experimental film and video works from artists and filmmakers in the Caribbean and diaspora. The physical iteration of the new media works, curated by Melanie Archer, will take place at Medulla Art Gallery, 09–15 September, giving viewers the chance to better engage with the works. All health and social distancing protocols will be in effect, with only five attendees at a time being allowed into the viewing space. Please wear masks as directed.

• Alternative Facts
• Centella (Firefly)
• Displaced
• El Dúo de las Hermanas Gato (The Cat Sister’s Duet)
• Goodbye to the Things (Adeus às Coisas)
• Hijo del Mar (Son of the Sea)
• Howler Monkey Sex Noises at Lunchtime
• How to Break a Horizon: A Memory as Retold by the Sum of its Residue
• I am Sugar
• I Cried so Much I Felt the Universe Pass Through my Eyes
• Island State of Mine
• Looking for ‘Looking for Langston’
• Murciélago (Bat)
• Palindrome
• Shade
• Silent Truths
• The Whole World is Turning
• Untitled
• Wake Up

Leo is a rebellious but very intelligent child who makes life impossible for Professor Cruz and his schoolmates. Despite his behavior, Leo’s talent distinguishes him from other students, and Leo’s mom has high expectations that her son will go far with that talent. But Leo doesn’t want to listen to Professor Cruz, who tries to teach him to read classic novels, as he believes that through reading, his students can aspire to a better future. Professor Cruz falls into depression when his wife flees with the school’s PE coach. Leo, pitiful of his master, visits him at home. It is now the student who forces the teacher to go to school.

A young homeless couple living on the shores of the Mississippi River during spring, summer, fall and winter in Saint Paul, Minnesota become part of the cycle of the life and death of nature around them.