Date and Time
- Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St
Details
Join musician and visual artist Mark Montgomery French for an intimate viewing of his ambient protest film, Thy Navel is a Goblet That Does Not Lack for Wine, from his album of the same name. This evocative work employs trance-like animations and sensory immersion to explore themes of meditation, resistance, and recovery, reframing Blackness as an origin, an expansion, and a liberation. It sonically draws from across the Diaspora—Javanese gamelan, dub reggae, string quartets, and jazz noir—not just as a style, but as a way to map Blackness across geographies and time. The evening concludes with a Q&A with Mark Montgomery French, offering insights into the album’s themes and creation.
