SLANT: Made in America

Feature Documentary film about Slant Performance Group

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Strength

In unity

After 30 years of making theater we’re off to make a film!

And we need your support. No amount is too small! You can use Donor Advisor Funds to La MaMa Experimental Theater Club @lamama.org or your tax-deductible checks earmarked for slantfilm to:

La MaMa E.T.C. 74 E 4th St. New York, NY 10003

“Three Extremely talented young Asian American Men” – New York Times

WaylanD Quintero

Honolulu HI

Richard Ebihara

Cleveland, OH

Perry Yung

Oakland, CA

The SLANT Performance Group was formed thirty years ago to explore and reveal the stories of the silenced martyrs, unsung heroes, and artists-activists who selflessly amplify the Asian American movement in the USA. Originally sponsored by Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (E.T.C.), New York’s oldest avant-garde theaters, the story of Slant is an essential strand in a legacy of alternative voices seldom depicted onscreen.

ARTISTIC APPROACH to the Documentary

Part cinema vérité, part 1980s music video, part historical reckoning — this film thrusts the audience into the pulse of their rebellion. Through indelible music, cutting lyrics, and kinetic movement and humor, SLANT delivers its message with both a sledgehammer and a feather.

Their enduring friendship over three decades create a model for a healing practice in art and activism, and empower their community with the tools for unity, solidarity and change. Collective art and activism can cultivate joy and create a kinder, more inclusive America, where “We the People” includes everyone.

“SLANT has a way of throwing sticks of theatrical dynamite” – The Village Voice