The Motion of Light in Water — La Boite Indie and Elbow Room

Overview

Take a love story, add in aliens and a world damaged by intergalactic war, and you have The Motion of Light in Water. No, it's not coming soon to a screen near you — it's what happens when La Boite Indie goes sci-fi.

In Elbow Room's imaginative play, two embattled young beings find each other, despite hailing from separate ghettos of a vibrant, violent city. Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story, this isn't, though. Their companionship springs from their shared struggle against the codes of gender, race and economic class.

It also jumps from '60s New York to the 22nd century, as The Motion of Light in Water offers a celebration of how we dream the future into being. In this mix of music, language, movement and light, the life and work of Samuel R. Delaney and Marilyn Hacker proves influential — and if you don't know who these American writers are before watching, you'll want to find out afterwards.

Image via Lachlan Woods.