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Bumpa

Bumpa (2025)

0h 0m | PG-13

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This documentary will explore the Afro-Caribbean dance, ‘whining’ alongside the practice of twerking to analyze respectability politics, pressures to accommodate whiteness, and gendered criticism of sexual expression within the Black diaspora. Using archival footage of West African dance, expert opinion from dancing and gender studies professors, and the active participation of partygoers in a dance experiment, Watkins will paint the picture of the defiance, autonomy, and ancestral veneration intrinsic to these traditional movement styles.

Director: Kayla Naomi Watkins

Studio: N/A

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Vera Adams

Vera Adams

as self

Quadrelle Harris

Quadrelle Harris

as self

Nyla Murray

Nyla Murray

as self

Queen Nzinga

Queen Nzinga

as self

Maria E. Rivera

Maria E. Rivera

as self