We are super excited to share our final episode of Series 1! In this episode we chat with Bryonn Bain and Claudia Peña about the relationship between the arts and decarceration movements in the USA. We learn about the Blackout Arts Collective, For Freedoms, the UCLA Centre for Justice, and Bryonn’s ‘Lyrics from Lockdown’ performance. This episode explores the value of lived experience and debates how artists might approach social justice issues. We also get an exciting premiere of their new track with Maya Jupiter (and soon to be movement video) ‘For the Love of Money’. Thank you so much for listening to our first season! Stay tuned because we cannot wait to share season 2 with you all.

This episode has a trigger warning for conversations about incarceration.

For the Love of Money

Written and performed by Bryonn Bain

Featuring Maya Jupiter, Teresa Reynolds and K. Bain

Music by Eliot Bohr ~ featuring Isaiah Gage on cello

Mixed by Csik

Mastered at CDM Studios

Music (Movement) Video coming this summer — directed by Claudia Peña

In collab with For Freedoms

Claudia Peña: https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/claudia-l-pena

Bryonn Bain: https://afam.ucla.edu/bryonn-bain/

https://www.bryonn.com/

Lyrics from Lockdown: Lyrics from lockdown | Bryonn Bain | TEDxIronwoodStatePrison

For Freedoms: https://forfreedoms.org/

UCLA Prison Education Program: https://prisoneduprogram.ucla.edu/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14KyzciHb_yYY4C7AFhd5QTcum0yGvu2N8dv4vdV4tg8/edit?usp=sharing

Large text transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TK-kNEckeVo3DSW1GYw4I_btv5I_U7ep7Pvk4HABF-Q/edit?usp=sharing