Artspeak Radio + Brick, Calymayor, & Lindaberry

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org

Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes filmmaker Jon Brick, artists Kim Lindaberry and Faviola Calymayor.

JON BRICK -Class of Covid-19: A Documentary Film Now Available on Amazon Prime Video as Part of the Prime Video Direct Content Submission Portal

The award-winning documentary film, Class of Covid-19, produced in Kansas City, Missouri is now available on Prime Video as part of the Prime Video Direct content submission portal in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Directed by local filmmaker Jon Brick, Class of COVID-19 explores the challenges educators, students, and families faced during the first 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Issues such as the inequities of school resources, student activism during the pandemic, and struggles with mental health come to light. The film provides an intimate portrait of the resilience and courage demonstrated both inside and outside the classroom, bringing optimism and inspiration to all.

Brick notes, “Unlike other films that cover the pandemic, this is a hopeful story. With everything we’ve come to know about this very challenging time, it is wonderful to provide a glimpse into the lives of these extraordinary individuals and to learn such important lessons about the human spirit. We capture their stories at the very beginning of the lockdown, and they take us into their very personal worlds. We see them deal with the trauma of the Black Lives Matter movement and the political fallout from the pandemic—all while exhibiting tremendous hope and courage.” The film includes students and teachers from schools in the bi-state, metropolitan community, with locations in and around Kansas City.

Brick collaborated with Donna M. Davis, Ph.D., a Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, to produce Class of Covid-19, and the film received accolades from several festivals, including Best Long Documentary at the International Black Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award at the Kansas City International Film Festival, and the Silver Remi Award from WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. It was one of the “Top Ten” most viewed films at the Portland Film Festival, and screened at the Twin Cities Film Festival.

To watch the trailer and for more information about Class of Covid-19, go to: www.classofcovid19movie.com

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Jon Brick, Director
Brick House Films

Donna M. Davis, Producer
Black Scholar Productions

KIM LINDABERRY- Like people before me, I wonder about the universe, creation, annihilation, life, death, existence, and non-existence. My work explores the dynamics of the cosmos, and the science, myths, and religions that humans build to comprehend those dynamics.
Recognizably humanoid my beings are imbued with hidden meaning and paradoxes. They are unbound by normal human existence and through them I speak to issues of the here and now; the past and the future; of terrestrial and transcendent existence.
Binary or non-binary they speak not only to the nature of seeking to belong with another but the search for individual identity. www.kimlindaberry.com instagram: kimlindaberry

FAVIOLA CALYMAYOR was born and raised in West Texas. She currently resides in Kansas City Missouri. She graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2018 with an emphasis on painting. She is a multimedia artist who incorporates her love of patterns into her projects. Her whimsical sense of color usually carries through most of the art she creates. Through patterns from fabric or florals found in nature, she is often inspired by family history, animals, and cycles. Faviola focuses on creating pieces that tell a story of struggle and repair. She often blends pieces of her memories into the art. Themes include repairing, excess, healing through humor, trauma, and growth.
Someone told Faviola while referring to her work:
“Dead things could be the start of things.”
This resonated with her as an accurate simplification of her works’ meaning.

Instagram: faviolacalymayor

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