SATURN RISIN9

Queer performance artist and musician Saturn Risin9 returns home to the Bay Area to share their journey of perseverance centering self discovery, healing and creative expansion poetically told through dance, visual narrative, performance, and documentary.

Credits

Director(s):

Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater

Producer(s):

Gina Crow, Thomas Sebastian Galasso, Tiare Ribeaux, Yanasa Creative Group, ZERO1 Art + Technology

Cast:

Saturn Risin9, Jocquese Whitfied, Sissy Slays, Star Amerasu, Aubrey Gail Ferreira

Cinematographer(s):

Michael Epple

Presented as Part Of BREAKING CYCLES SHORTS

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