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Drum Calls | Body Recalls

Drum Calls presents the rhythms of Africa and its diaspora as a circle of connection between the past, present and future. It pays homage to ancestral survival in rhythms that transcend exile in slavery to become living intangible heritage. A scientific premise is that rhythm codes are transmitted by muscle memory – the same memory you use to drive a car – and not by DNA or blood. While African rhythms resist colonial assimilation, the rhythms of tango, blues, limbo and other innovations express diasporic cultural resilience. An interactive musical map accompanies the film: https://unityatlantic.org/

  • Deirdre C. Molloy
    Director
  • Miguel Bica
    Producer
  • Deirdre Molloy
    Key Cast
  • Aurélie Capelle-Sigère
    Dance
  • Kamau Brathwaite
    Writer
    (deceased)
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    le tambour appelle : le corps se rappel
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 5, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Portugal
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Deirdre Molloy
  • Manifest exhibition at L'atelier 2024 sept 19 - oct 10
    Nantes
    France
    September 19, 2024
    French Première in Namtes
  • Africlap
    Toulouse
    France
    November 14, 2024
    Official selection
Director Biography - Deirdre C. Molloy

Deirdre Molloy uses ethnography and digital design to research Black Atlantic identity through social dance. She dances mainly Blues, Jazz, Dancehall and West African codes socially. Visiting the USA in 2024 Deirdre also danced with DC Hand Dance, DC Bop, and street dance communities. Deirdre recently completed a residency with SLIPPAGE dance lab at Northwestern University.
In 2022, Deirdre Molloy affiliated with CIPHER ERC and won the Danijela Memorial Award for interdisciplinary innovation in Film, Music and Theatre. This PhD research follows a BA(Hons) in Psychology and Masters degrees in Multimedia and Ethnochoreology. Deirdre is a PhD candidate at UCC in cotutelle with University of Toulouse, France. Under the artistic name Unity, Deirdre is creating film, music and performance collaborations for the Project Manifest exhibition in Nantes, 2024.  Deirdre's research websites are designed to platform dance culture-bearer voices: https://www.decodenoir.org

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Director Statement

Learn more about my research through the interactive musical map that accompanies the film: https://unityatlantic.org/