In My Arms or Under My Foot:
A 10-minute play about a Black mother trying her hardest to hold up her life and hold on to the Black men that fill it up. Traumatized by an incident that took place over fifteen years ago, Nasila still has trouble relinquishing control. After receiving a haunting letter from a stranger and a momentous ultimatum from her son’s father, Nasila has to decide whether she is going to dwell in the pain of the past or look towards a new kind of future.
Featured: BOLD 2020 Play Festival
Timestamp: 26:07
A Patriot’s Place: a play in 2 parts
The full-length version of In My Arms or Under My Foot
When activist Nasila Ali’s younger brother suffers a tragic end at a protest she organized, she recedes to the life of a recluse. Through conversations with her friend, her lover and her ghosts, Nasila attempts to find a way forward, but 15 years later, she realizes those wounds have never healed.
Featured: Classical Theatre of Harlem, The National Black Theatre, Blackboard Plays, The Fade to Black Reading Series, and B Street Theatre.
