Commissioned by Ava Duvernay's Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP), The Reckoning is multidisciplinary choreographer and director Francesca Harper's response to the 2010 killing of seven-year-old Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones at the hands of Detroit law enforcement. In collaboration with composer Nona Hendryx, Harper creates an expressive historical record of injustice as she explores the relationship between erasure and commodification in the media's coverage of brutality against bodies of color. Dancers from Ailey II and FHP Collective perform in costumes by Elias Gurrola, with lighting design by Itohan Edoloyi. The Reckoning exists as both a short dance film and a live performance, which premiered at the Guggenheim Museum New York in 2023.
A work of dance on film, commissioned by Ava Duvernay's LEAP Initiative
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Choreographed and Directed by: Francesca Harper
Original Music: Nona Hendryx
Lighting Designer: Itohan Edoloyi
Costume Designer: Elias Gurrola
Projection Designer: Allison Costa
Assistant Choreographer: Eriko Iisaku
Production Stage Manager: Joshua Gustafson
Cast: Nicholas Begun, Spencer Everett, Eriko Iisaku, Raven Joseph, Timothy Stickney, Christopher Taylor, Brena Thomas
Co-Director: Redha Medjellekh
Assistant Director: Shuhan Xie
Director of Photography: Sebastian Rogers
Assistant Camera: Jules Rico
Hair and Makeup: Danielle Alyce
Editor: Evy Garcia
Consulting Editor: Derrick Belcham



