Move American: Detention by Zaquia Mahler Salinas

Directed and performed by Zaquia Mahler Salinas w/ violinist Shayla James

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” – Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations

Mass incarceration and criminalization impact our communities of color exponentially. The prison-industrial complex, the culture of confinement, and the use of detention to control and dehumanize for a profit are a sickness of American capitalism. Replace detention with education, sanctuary, and rehabilitation. End the systemic disenfranchisement of people of color.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

ABOUT THE CULTURE OF INCARCERATION

Voting in Jails

How Prisons Serve Capitalism

American’s Addiction to Juvenile Incarceration 

Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline

Colorado’s Racial Wealth Gap: Mass Incarceration & the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Prison Policy Initiative Data Toolbox

ACLU Research Report: Justice-Free Zones: US Immigrant Detention Under the Trump Administration

DISCO RIOT Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Zaquia Mahler Salinas, is a native of San Diego. After receiving her BA in Dance with Honors from UC Santa Barbara in 2011, she returned to San Diego and danced for Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theater from 2012-2018. In 2017 she obtained her MFA in Dance: Creative Practice from Saint Mary’s College of California where she focused on dance as a platform for social justice. She is currently serving as dance faculty at San Diego City College. As a choreographer, Zaquia has presented dance works throughout California, and more recently in Texas, Peru and Mexico.

ABOUT MOVE AMERICAN

ARTISTS TESTIFY WITH EMBODIED STORIES, COMPOSE THE ART THAT WILL PRESENT THE HISTORY OFTEN BURIED AND ERASED, AND CREATIVELY ENACT THE BETTER WORLD WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE. TO SUPPORT THE MASSIVE MOBILIZATION FOR CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HELP SUSTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF THE MOVEMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE ELECTION, WE PRESENT MOVE AMERICAN FROM SEPTEMBER 7 – NOVEMBER 2: A SERIES OF SHORT DANCE FILMS FEATURING A DIFFERENT SELF-DIRECTED MOVEMENT ARTIST FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, EXAMINING OR SHARING A SOCIAL JUSTICE/POLITICAL/HUMAN RIGHTS TOPIC. THESE DANCE FILMS ARE INTENDED TO SERVE AS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SORTS, WITH A CLEAR ACTION ITEM LINKED TO EACH FILM CALLING ON FOLKS TO PREPARE AND TAKE ACTION TO VOTE.