Film Work
Gold
2020
Gold, is a superhero dance film, that examines the innate powers of Black womanhood. There's a saying that when a Black woman takes off her earrings and puts on vaseline, she's about to fight. What would happen if she puts on her earrings on and she transforms into a superhero?
Director & Choreographer : Jade Charon
Director of Photography : Eric McCambridge
Editor: Eric McCambridge & Jade Charon
Trilogy
Between 2016-2018, Jade Charon created a trilogy of the dance films that focuses on the unfair killings of Black and Brown people due to police brutality in America.The first two films Reverse & Recharge were meant to stand in solidarity with
the Black Lives Matter movement. Restore is culmination of these ideas with an addition
of the artist inviting audiences to view her own journey of healing as a Black woman.
Restore
2018
Restore, is a dance documentary film that focuses on Jade’s solo journey to creating
healing spaces for Black Women in her community. By drawing from her recorded experiences
in Burkina Faso and Senegal as a source of inspiration, Jade begins to create a healing
experience for her community by first her healing herself. Some theorists believe that
when African American women wear their hair in braids, whether subconsciously or
consciously, they are longing to connect with their African roots. In agreement with this
theory, Jade narrates this films by getting her natural hair braided. The braiding process
begins her journey to reconnection with her history and identity.
Directed & Choreographed by Jade Charon
Cinematographer- Champ Robinson
Edited: Champ Robinson, Jade Charon
Recharge
2017
Recharge, the second film speaks to spiritual transformation . Jade, searches for peace
and solitude. Isolated from the
community and located by the ocean in Malibu, CA, iJade is able to confront her lack of hope in humanity through their spiritual guidance and dance.
Directed & Choreographed by Jade Charon
Cinematographer- Champ Robinson
Edited: Champ Robinson, Jade Charon
Reverse
2016
Reverse, filmed in Compton and Watts, featured 10 young women from UCLA and
Watts Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club, using the duality of dance as both celebratory and
a source of vulnerability to deal with life circumstances. The film asks viewers to look at
African American Social dances like the Milly Rock and Krumping, and the realities of
the environment of the innercity of Los Angeles, through a lens of Black Women
expression which is often eluded from traditional western spaces.
Directed & Choreographed by Jade Charon
Cinematographer- Champ Robinson
Edited: Champ Robinson, Jade Charon
Commisioned Director's Work
Jade Charon has directed, choreographed, and edited films and music video for artists around the world.