Build or Destroy

Build or Destroy-Rashaad Newsome

In a vibrant collage of animation and movement, “Build or Destroy” depicts a blazing and bedazzled femme superfigure as she uses her powers of vogue performance to illuminate and detonate the world around her.

Inhabited and fueled by a multiplicity of Black trans femme bodies, she unleashes a fury of fireballs at the metaphorical structures that uphold patriarchy and white supremacy.

Choreographed by Honey Balenciaga, Legendary Dawn Ebony, Legendary Divo Ebony, Legendary Tia Lanvin, Legendary Leiomy Maldonado, Legendary Star Revlon

“Build or Destroy” received SFDFF’s 2023 Best Art/Experimental Film award.

Film Info

Director: Rashaad Newsome
Choreographer: Honey Balenciaga, Legendary Dawn Ebony, Legendary Divo Ebony, Legendary Tia Lanvin, Legendary Leiomy Maldonado, Legendary Star Revlon
(United States, 2021) 5:34 minutes
Screendance, Contemporary/Vouge
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