Marc Bamuthi Joseph (spoken-word artist) and Daniel Bernard Roumain (composer/violinist) have long collaborated and now present The Just and the Blind, directed by Michael John Garcés and commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
See The Just and the Blind on Friday February 27, 2026 at 7:30pm and Saturday February 28, 2026 at 7:30pm
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About The Just and the Blind
Framed by visually striking photography and animation projections, the multimedia work explores racial profiling and the prison-industrial complex in a series of short vignettes that include music, dance, and spoken word, woven together by media designer David Szlasa with the provocative images of photographer Brittsense, the visual talent of Xia Gordon, filmmakers Yoram Savion and Benjamin Tarquin, and interviews with Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY).
“But it was the raw cry from the soul—new work, ‘The Just and the Blind’—that has stayed with me from my marathon... The work is driven by Mr. Joseph’s stinging, brilliant words and is structured as a series of vignettes. Mr. Joseph voices the thoughts of a Black father who admits to being afraid when, at night, he walks past young Black men who look the same age as his son. Every day, he tells his son, the boy’s main mission in life is ‘to come home to me.’”Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times
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