I AM NOT OK, the award-winning dance film from choreographer and filmmaker Gabrielle Lansner, has been selected for The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, a group show celebrating the diversity of Brooklyn creatives, on view at The Brooklyn Museum, October 4-January 26, 2025. Lansner’s 12-minute film, first released in 2022, immerses the viewer in a mother’s emotional response to the unending killings of Black Americans amidst the backdrop of the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Lansner was one of 200 artists selected from over 4,000 applicants for the Brooklyn Artists Exhibition. The exhibition will open on the occasion of The Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary.

Directed by Gabrielle Lansner with narration and writing by Tiffiney Davis, I AM NOT OK weaves together dance, music, spoken word, and archival photographs to convey the response of a mother and son to the killing of George Floyd in 2020 amidst the backdrop of protests that followed. Lansner’s film is set to an actual Facebook Live recording posted at the time by Davis, executive director of the Red Hook Arts Project. I AM NOT OK, starring dancer/choreographer Pat Hall and dancer Dahsir Hausif, powerfully portrays the fear, outrage, and pent-up anger that came to symbolize a global movement to end anti-Black racism.