Jenn Nkiru Pays Tribute To The Roots Of American Dance Music With ‘Black To Techno’
Written by SOURCE on August 12, 2019
Black To Techno, a new film from South London-raised artist and director Jenn Nkiru, has just been made available online as part of four films commissioned by Gucci and Frieze for their Second Summer Of Love series, alongside Jeremy Deller’s acid house doc Everybody In The Place: An Incomplete View Of Britain 1984-1992 and Wu Tsang’s magical realist documentary about New York house music Into A Space Of Love.
In a style akin to public access documentaries, Nkiru’s film examines the history of rave music, specifically Detroit techno, and its direct connection to black music. Including contributions from The Last Poets and Detroit selectors Stacey Hotwaxx, DJ Minx and DJ Holographic. The doc also draw parallels between Detroit techno and Berlin’s burgeoning rave culture following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
An engrossing and stylish film, watch Black To Techno at the top.
