After Tonights show ill be joined by two of my favorite people
@rahsaan_new_york_thomas and
@antwan_banks_williams talking art abolition and the power of story for a panel Q&A
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🔊🔊🔊
This weekends shows are all sold out and im so excited to see everybody
@audiumsf !
Antwan “Banks” Williams is a versatile artist who primarily uses film as his medium, while also excelling in visual arts, photography, and music production. As the Co-Creator and Sound Designer of the award-winning podcast *Ear Hustle*, Antwan combines his passion for storytelling with his love and respect for the arts.
Beyond his artistic endeavors, he is a committed community activist focused on restorative practices in high schools. After spending 13 years in the California Department of Rehabilitation, Antwan was released in 2019 and has since dedicated himself to public speaking in Bay Area schools. He actively volunteers both inside and outside of prisons, aiming to educate others about the justice system and challenge cultural conditioning through his lived experiences.
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas (he/him) is writer, director, podcaster,
producer, consultant, social justice advocate, curator, and the
Executive Director of Empowerment Avenue, a program he created while
incarcerated to meet the pre-entry needs of incarcerated writers,
artist, and filmmakers, helping them to get their voices in mainstream
spaces for prevailing wages.
He is most known for co-hosting and co-producing the Pulitzer Prize
finalist and 2020 Dupont Award winning podcast, Ear Hustle, as well as
appearances in the documentaries United Shades of America with W.
Kamau Bell, Q-Ball, and 26.2 to Life. Appearing in other people’s
documentaries on system impacted people inspired Rahsaan to begin to
direct and produce several shorts including More than Basketball and
Friendly Signs. He also co-produced What These Walls Won’t Hold, which
won the San Francisco International Film Festival. Rahsaan paroled Feb. 8 and now
produces films with incarcerated people, and he co-founded the San
Quentin Film Festival.