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Image from The Inquisitor
Image from The Inquisitor
About "Sketches from the Edge of Flamenco"
A Multi-sensory journey into the world of Flamenco through characters on the fringe who find power in movement and rhythm. 6 Chapters:
Rumba Oficina, The Tangos,
I Feel Pretty too, Bitch, Las Cumadres Fechiceras, Amerika: A Lesson in Flamenco, and Intergalactica!
Sketches from the Edge of Flamenco runs in New York City Dec 9-Mar 24., 2026
We are always looking for
new performers to feature in the
show.
If you are a performer of Flamenco
and /or
other African Diasporic arts
contact us here.
View clips from "Sketches from the Edge of Flamenco"
Actress, Desiree Carlson, here discusses how she developed her character, Mergette, a corporate woman seeking power. Omonike Akinyemi, discusses how she wanted both the colonizer and colonised to share the burden and possibility of redemption.
Sketches from the Edge of Flamenco is a set of 6 scenes that delve into issues such as empowerment, isolation, fear, love, lust, and immigration.
This year Image Quilt will feature work of visual and performing artists before and after movie screenings. Come to an event to learn more about the work of Tage Sprague, sculptor, who is also the lead carpenter designing our screening space and dance studio..
Image Quilt Cinema continues to screening independent films and the Indie Pop Up Lens Series in Albany, NY, throughout 2026.
We are also co-sponsoring a New Performer series that will feature new talent at 16 Cowries Space at Rodney's, 1118 First Ave. New York, NY.
Check out the website to find out when and where. to see a screening of our feature film, "Emancipado" (director/choreographer: Omonike Akinyemi.
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Kids First Film Festival, Albany, NY
Coming Soon in Summer 2026 at
Image Quilt Free Films with the
Indie Pop Up Lens Series continues.
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Image Quilt Cinema
Check us out in the South End of Albany.
Indie Works series:
Image Quilt will be screening independent films at our cinema at 30 Elizabeth Street, Albany, NY this year. To get your independent film screened, email: production@imagequilt.com
Interested in commissioning a live dance film piece?
"Paris/Black/Woman":
Is a documentary and dance piece that Image Quilt Productions, Inc. is producing. Filmed on 35mm, 16mm, and digital video between 1997 and 2003, the piece tells the story of people of African descent living in Paris, France and their struggle with visibility. Their struggle mirrors our own. Performed on Feb 1st, 2016 at Montclair State University in New Jersey, with performers, Marsha Pierre, Emmanuel Paulino, and Omonike Akinyemi, the piece can be commissioned for public performance. Other pieces from Image Quilt Dance Theater's repertoire include, "Emancipado", and "Obatala". View Clip from "Paris/Black/Woman" Here:
Paris/Black/Woman
Our Medium: Hi-Definition Digital and 16mm Film Production, Our Aim:
To Reveal.
To Inspire, To Dare.
Image Quilt Productions, Inc. is a film production company based in New York.
With a presence in Fort Plain, Albany, Newark, NJ, and New York City, our aim
is to make and show independent films to daring audiences.
Founded in 2001 by filmmaker, Omonike Akinyemi, Image Quilt is where cinema
as an art can be created and appreciated by an audience.
Our Film, "Lady", on the life of Fly Creek Photographer, Lady Ostapeck, offers insight into the vibrancy of a unique artist.
Lady
A Docu-Drama on the life of Lady Ostapeck, a self-made photographer of Finnishdescent who resides in Fly Creek, NY. Let Lady charm you with her life of passion.
Now Screening at Image Quilt Cinema: Independent Features at the Madison
Coming Soon,,, March 2020
Omo Sango: A Series In Development
They are passionate poets and characters on the edge. In this series of films we meet people under the influence of Shango, the god of Thunder.