Lisa E. Harris
CRY OF THE THIRD EYE (2020)
Written, Directed, Composed, Produced by Lisa E. Harris
Produced by Studio Enertia
Starring Tamirah Collins, Jha'Quallin Mitchell
with Anne Carillo, Autumn Knight
and citizens of the Greater Third Ward
Editor, Joseph Graham
Lisa E. Harris, soprano
Cry of the Third Eye, a new opera film in Three Acts, is an interdisciplinary performance work that serves as a sonic and visual durational archive of the gentrification of Third Ward, Houston Texas, a historic district, between the years 2011 and 2020. Written, directed, performed and composed by creative artist Lisa E. Harris who blends documentary filmmaking with urban dreamscaping, Cry of the Third Eye is a meditation on the questions, how do we home and how do we value? This work is metered at a four year interval and all components of the production are sourced from the Greater Third Ward District. Cry of the Third Eye is created as a cinematic experience with live musical narration, orchestration and discourse, and may also be screened as a stand alone film.