‘EVERY STEP IS A PRAYER’ SHORT FILM

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EVERY STEP IS A PRAYER 

SHORT FILM

A techno-surrealist land-based prayer prompt, co-created through a participatory process that brought together community organizers, activists, leaders, artists, spiritual leaders, filmmakers and educators on Seminole & Miccosukee land (currently known as Miami).

Directed by Cara Stricker

Created by
Niki Franco
Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan)
Rad Pereira
LILLETH
Cara Stricker
collaborators
ancestors
guides

Inspired together by liberation work, Maroonage, Miccosukee symbology, somatic healing, Afro & Indigenous futurism, plant medicine, biomimicry, and holding the contradictions of the urban matrix. Woven together with teamLab, Es Devlin, and James Turrell’s inaugural exhibitions at Superblue Miami, exploring the relationships between our body and the land, nature and technology, the individual and the collective.

Featured Artist Artworks by
James Turrell
Es Devlin
teamLab

Storykeepers – Niki Franco, Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan)

Choreographed by

LILLETH Embodied Liberatory
Dramaturgy by Rad Pereira Executive

Produced & Produced by Sophia Rothbart

Creative Produced by Jack Pitney

Cinematography by Michael Cambio Fernandez

Original Score by James William Blades Original Music by Lafawndah Edited by

Travis Moore & Cara Stricker Nowness

Creative Director Bunny Kinney Nowness Managing Editor Gavin Humphries Nowness Video Commissioner Katie Metcalfe Nowness Producer Noor Miah Nowness Video Editor Harry Bowley

Featuring
Niki Franco
Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan)
Arielle François
Eva Martinez
Natanael Leal
Sandy Heyaime
Rayne J. Raney
Rose Simons
Clinton Tazz Harris
Lau Narciso
Lucas Freeman
Tarik Boom Morgan
Amal Rogers
Jessica Freites
Gabrielle Sheerer

Featuring Voice Over By
Houston R. Cypress (Otter Clan)
Betty Osceola (Panther Clan)
Niki Franco

Styled by Peri Rosenzweig
Stylist Assistant – Margo Hannah
Stylist Consultant – Juliann McCandless Stylist Intern – Addie
Makeup Artist – Autumn Suna

Colored by Sean Coleman
Color House Company 3 Color House Producer Matt Moran
Post House Exile

Production Company Summercamp
Miami Service Company – FILM MIA Miami Line Producer – Gerardo Lopez
1st AD – Roberto Penalvar
Production Manager – Carolina Acosta Carrero 1st AC – Pedro Guevara
2nd AC – Jesus Garcia
Steadicam Operator – Jorge Bustamante
VTR – Daniel Betancourt Key Grip  Mauricio Gomez Set Medic – Chris Corbett Production Assistant – Armando Yunes, Andrelis Hernandez, Carlos Briceno, Claudio Alfidi, Alejandro Valladares Music Celloist – Jonathan Gibson
Violinist – Oliver Mayo
Saxaphone – Harry Fausing Smith Catering – Relish Miami

Special Thanks
Love The Everglades Movement
Future Indigenous Leaders of South Florida
Nile Harris
Mario Gonzalez
Jefferson Hack
Angelica Makhoul
Kelley Shih
Carlos Soto
Lester St. Louis
Aiyesha Ghani
Dria Brown
Ashton Muñiz
Jen Anaya
Jax Jackson
William Robert Bellamy
Cami Best
Ray Bryan
Andrea Granera
Dioganhdih Hall
Exile
Kodak

Title Design – All Purpose

Shot on Kodak 35mm Arri 235 4 perf Zeiss Super Speeds