I created these motion graphics for "Finish the Fight," a live play directed by Whitney White for the New York Times. Watch the whole film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBI6NCs3k1c From the New York Times: Join us for the premiere of this innovative new performance. A virtual play, celebrating the unsung heroes of suffrage. They were tireless organizers. Tenacious fighters. And political geniuses. They were Black and Latinx. Indigenous and immigrant. Together, they won women the right to vote and laid the cornerstone for gender equality in the United States. Yet their stories have rarely been told. Until now. Starring Harriett D. Foy as Mary McLeod Bethune Zora Howard as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Q'orianka Kilcher as Zitkála-Šá Leah Lewis as Mabel Ping-Hua Lee Chelsea Rendon as Jovita Idár Written by Ming Peiffer Directed by Whitney White Filmed by Special Operations Based on “Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote” by Veronica Chambers and the Staff of The New York Times. Produced by The New York Times Finish the Fight: The Story Behind the Story As part of its examination of the 19th Amendment centennial, The New York Times is publishing a new book, called “Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote.” Written by Times journalists, the book explores diverse women who fought for suffrage, but have been less recognized for their work. The Times also asked playwright Ming Peiffer and director Whitney White to adapt some of the book’s biographies into a new form of theatrical storytelling, with invented scenes and imagined conversations among five women. The events of their lives, and their accomplishments, are real. After the final curtain, the creators of “Finish the Fight” are ready to answer your questions about the play, suffrage and more. Submit your question to Veronica Chambers, Ming Peiffer and Whitney White using the hashtag #NYTFinishTheFight Real-time captioning is available for this event: https://www.streamtext.net/player?eve...

NYTimes | 2020 | I created the motion graphics for Finish the Fight, a live play directed by Whitney White for The New York Times.

Writer | Ming Peiffer
Director | Whitney White
Shot & Edited by Special Operations
Motion Designer | Jordan Bruner

Starring
Harriett D. Foy as Mary McLeod Bethune
Zora Howard as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Q'orianka Kilcher as Zitkála-Šá
Leah Lewis as Mabel Ping-Hua Lee
Chelsea Rendon as Jovita Idár

Watch the whole film here.

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