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Random Acts of Flyness

2 Seasons | 12 Episodes | TV-MA

Artist, musician, and filmmaker Terence Nance returns for a long-awaited second season of the acclaimed series Random Acts of Flyness. Exploring the metaphysics of Black life through avant-garde storytelling, the second season follows Terence (Terence Nance) and Najja (Alicia Pilgrim), a couple working towards healing generational wounds and reintroducing themselves to the ways of their ancestors. Each of the six episodes explores a different dimension while presenting a rich tapestry of audio and visuals to illustrate the spiritual practice of Black liberation.

1.What Are Your Thoughts Raising Free Black Children?

Terence Nance introduces Random Acts of Flyness before being stopped by the NYPD.

2.Two Piece and a Biscuit

A video game to train an army of black women; gender fluidity and body augmentation; how not to be a creep.

3.They Got Some Sh*t That'll Blow Out Our Back

Bad hair vs. good hair, who wins? Does the 2nd Amendment apply to black people? An app for reparations?

4.Items Outside the Shelter but Within Reach

A night at the club; a stressful family picnic is disrupted by a celebrity-inspired condiment.

5.I Tried to Tell My Therapist About My Dreams

A young Martin Luther King, Jr. wakes from a dream. An actor finds inspiration in Africa where Hollywood's antiheroes inspire the alt-right.

6.They Won't Go When I Go

A woman stays woke too long. A waitress contemplates uploading her consciousness to the cloud. Najja's Jealousy tries to talk its way back.

Scenes From the Collective Conscious

6:27
White-Be-Gone
Have you ever had a thought you wish you didn't have?
2:50
BBHMM
A revolutionary app for the revolution.
1:16
The Lineup
Don't touch that. It's not yours.
4:06
Bad Hair
Who taught you your hair was bad, anyway?
1:44
Catcalling
Filling out those jeans real nice, my guy.
0:53
Rent a White Witness
There's a time for decentering whiteness, and then, there's a time for Gene Whiteman.
9:23
Nunca Land
Wendy don't need your song and dance, little boy. She needs a man.

Outside the Episodes

Go inside Random Acts of Flyness with the creative team behind Season 1.

1:01
Nelson
Making music with an unorthodox toolkit.
1:01
Damani
Damani breaks down his philosophy of dance and choreography.
1:01
Mariama
Mariama translates the words, ideas, experiences and moods from behind the lens.
1:01
Nuotama
The writer and director uses film to traverse emotions that have yet to be articulated.
1:01
Diamond
She couldn't imagine doing anything else.
1:01
Theresa
The illustrator walks through how she communicates challenging ideas with color and whimsy.