http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5FcD92Ga5U
We were arriving at home when we start listening to... firecrackers?
BANG DANG DANG DANG!!,
no NOOOOOOOOO!!
they were gun shots!!!
-you better close that door natta because someone has been shot!, Atya told me.
In 5min police flooded the block, stopping traffic and walki talkie too ti tooo
ambulance , fire department, radio, t.v. and more too ti tooo.
A 20 year old kid survive 22 gun shots from a rifle spread among his car and body.
I kind of went to checked what was going on...
* Believe me i live in a nice neighborhood on Oakland,
however things are pretty tough:
My Asian neighbors hate me, i can find them in the street face to face and still they ignore me, every time i do little bit of noise they call my Chinese landlord (Mr. Jacky Chan) and complain instead of talking to me. I brought them a Christmas card and they never said thank you.
* My front door neighbor, i did a flan for Christmas and they never said ANYTHING.
* The neighbors on the other side of the fence happen to be three young girls same age as my roommates and I, Atya, and Mayra, and they never invite us to their crazy funny parties full of friends same age of us. We can not sleep neither attend their party, but we are force to listen.
* Our Arab neighbors have a liquor store at the corner open almost 24 HOURS a day, 24 HourS a day, 24 Hourssss a day, 24 H-O-U-R-S a day... so as you can imagine it attracts all kind of scullions, rampallians, fustilarians, and an infinite of endless poisonous liars and crackheadssss. Wouu eh!?
* Did i forget to mention about the good manners of my local street pharmacist? They can spit very far away, Olympic!
I endure all this because i always had a plan, and God Sake! i have been so nice, and i smile and smile... I knew the moment i dance for my neighbors we will be united in a way that we would never ignore each others presences again, i had this dream i really had this dream, wondering, illusion, hope, wish whatever you want to call it.
One day a friend from Panama needed money to go back to her country after 6 months of struggling and bad luck... so Mayra, Atya and I, decided to make a party to raise funds and put her on a plane.We invited all our friends, and once more, i knocked on the door of my lovely neighbors, and invited them to our Panama ticket airplane party!!!
Buddhas, Jesus, Allah, And Santo Pascual Bailon were by my side, cuz ALL my funky, crazy, angry, strange, weird neighbors arrived to watch our performance, hosted in the back yard of the neighbors, "on the other side of the fence".
After we danced:
Next day I found Leap, my Asian neighbor, honking her horn and yelling at me in the middle of the street
-- Hi!! Nattta!!
... and now every time i see her she wants me to carry her new born baby girl in my arms.
Sabrina, my african-american front door neighbor LOVE US! and Destiny her 11 year old girl comes to my home to hang out just like if it is her own home and Sabrina's sun, Diante, helps us with everything we ask him
The three ladies across the fence have become mutual friends
:)
... every time we go buy sugar or toilet paper from the Arab liquors store they always give us chocolates for free. [unfortunately because there were kids involve we didn't invite the local street pharmacy to the party, maybe next time when i start growing my mustache]
THis video is NOT about DANCE,
it's about what i want to transmit trough Dance
its about planting a seed of UNITY among Chaos, Disfunction, Insecurity and Intolerance.
I am so happy to be around a team of best-friends like Mayra, Atya and the rest of the coals dance troupe that share the same vision like me.
Can you imagine how it feels to watch the the secret life
(the unknow tricks) of the hippie ladies next door?
disfruta!
Viva the good neighborhood!!!!!!!!! Brotherhood!!! do-gooders!!! and to ti toooooooooooo!!!
Oh! yes the Show:
Come to watch us dance (no guns shots) and enjoy some of my last paintings.
"Poder Sutil"
Saturday august 22nd 5pm
The Latina Center
3919 Roosevelt Ave.
Richmond, Ca 94805
(510) 233-8595
[Dancing for the unwanted, the last ones, pa' inspirar a nuestras hermanas del sur ]
ToDo mi aMor
su natta de Corazon
:)
Video made by Crazy Noah Fox cellphone
music by Lulacruza.com (Nina Tusuna)
http://lulacruza.bandcamp.com/track/nina-tusuna-lulacruza-munsee-mix
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