Fresh episodes of the Film3 OG podcast each and every week — get your Film3 alpha here » LISTEN NOW

I’M TIRED OF BEING HYPERSURVEILLED

SHORT FILM BLOCK // PRESENTED BY THE BLKCHAIN

Curated by Sian Morson

SYNOPSIS

I’m Tired of Being Hypersurveilled is a concept album + multimedia experience dealing with artist Heno.’s experience as a Black man in America under constant surveillance by the state, corporations, and those around him. In this film, Heno. is held hostage in the S.Y.S.T.E.M. (Securing Your Safety Through Extreme Means), a bureaucratic government organization bent on retaining control of the American population. He is subject to a series of simulations pushing him to accept surveillance as the status quo. Each time he refuses he is placed in a new simulation. We identify with Heno., rooting for his escape, only to realize there is none.

This visual narrative fuses music, film, animations, videos, multimedia art, & interaction, appealing not only to music fans, but also art enthusiasts & gamers; creating a world with an innovative, multi-faceted experience unraveling the depths of surveillance we experience online & IRL today.

FILMMAKER Q&A following screening

CAST & CREDITS

Yihenew “Heno.” Belay Tara Morris Wesley Flores Jose Soberanes

ADDITIONAL STAFF

Pamela Broady Jovann Hyde Kevin Garcia Michael “CRASHprez” Penn Travis “Yoh” Phillips Marc Rochotte Devin Ross

VISUAL ARTISTS

Andre Oshea Blacksneakers DaCirkus Jahmel Reynolds Kai Morton Peenpoon Shay The Surrealist Sian Morson Yosnier

EXTRAS

Karim Ali Brandon Kwame Adu-Mensah Zay Davis Gregory Ebert Dayo Fashina Kiah Fields Aura Olabosipo Kubi Solomon Alex Wada Alexa Wathen Leon Zhang

MUSIC

“Neybors” Featuring Elujay + J.Robb
“Simmer Down” Featuring Latashá + J.Robb
“Relief” Featuring Felix! (of Van Buren Records)