Wills Glasspiegel
Wills Glasspiegel (born November 23, 1982) is an American documentary filmmaker,[1] artist[2] and scholar.[3] Glasspiegel has spent several years working alongside electronic musicians and dancers in Sierra Leone (bubu music), South Africa (Shangaan electro) and Chicago (Footwork (genre)). He has produced public radio segments for All Things Considered[4] and Morning Edition, and was recognized as a co-recipient of a Peabody Award in 2014[5] for his contributions to the public radio program Afropop Worldwide. Wills' documentaries and collaborations have been featured in a variety of publications including CNN,[6] FADER Magazine,[7] Dazed Magazine,[8] Pitchfork,[9] New York Times,[10] Wall Street Journal,[11] The Guardian,[12] and Chicago Tribune.[13]
Public work
Film
Year | Title | Credited as | |||
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Director | Editor | Cinematographer | Producer | ||
2010 | Below the Brain[14] | ||||
2011 | Kenya[15] | ||||
2013 | Making Tracks: Chicago Footwork[16] | ||||
2014 | Icy Lake[17] | ||||
Vogue Knights[18] | |||||
2015 | Bang'n on King Drive[19] | ||||
Rural Roots: From Giyani to New York[20] | |||||
Urban Beats: Atteridgeville to Brooklyn[21] | |||||
2016 | Dance to the Bubu[22] | ||||
Freetown Masks[23] | |||||
2017 | Sabanoh[24] | ||||
2018 | I Am the Queen[25] | ||||
Radio
Year | Title |
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2011 | Midwest Electric: The Story of Chicago House and Detroit Techno"[26] |
Sierra Leone: Celebration, War and Healing"[27] | |
2012 | Nollywood: Nigeria's Mirror"[28] |
2014 | Proving the Bubu Myth: Janka Nabay, War and Witchcraft in Sierra Leone"[29] |
Publications
Year | Title |
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2014 | Footwork: 10 Essential Tracks (Pitchfork)[30] |
2018 | My Friendship with Ahmed Janka Nabay, Genius of Bubu (NPR Music)[31] |
References
- "Wills Glasspiegel IMDb profile". IMDb. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Chicago Footwork at Columbia College's Hokin Gallery Closing Soon". Chicago Artist Resource. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "William Glasspiegel". Yale University. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Footwork: Chicago Dance Music With A Need For Speed". NPR Music. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Institutional Award: Afropop Worldwide". Peabody Award. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Soweto's ultra-fast dance music: Can you take the pace?". CNN. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Behind The Scenes of Chicago's Footwork Renaissance". The Fader. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "The Chicago footwork dancers at the dawn of a new era". Dazed. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Footwork:10 Essential Tracks". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Janka Nabay, 54, Dies; Carried an African Dance Music Worldwide". New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "African star has an American revival". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Fancy Footwork: How Chicago's juke scene found its feet again". The Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "The Era is taking steps to preserve the history of Chicago footwork culture". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Below The Brain Teasah". YouTube. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Official video for "Kenya"". YouTube. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Making Tracks: Chicago Footwork". Vice Media. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Watch "Icy Lake" An Investigation Into One of Nightlife's Notorious Dance Tracks". Vice Media. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "A Look Inside NYC's Vogue Knights, Presented by Qween Beat". Vice Media. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Bang'n on King Drive: Footworking the Bud Billiken Parade with RP Boo, K-Phi-9, and The Era". Vice Media. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Rural Roots: From Giyani to New York". South African Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Urban Beats: Atteridgeville to Brooklyn". South African Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Dance to the Bubu". Vimeo. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Freetown Masks". OkayAfrica. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Sabanoh". Nowness. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "God bless the women of Chicago footwork". The Fader. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Midwest Electric: The Story of Chicago House and Detroit Techno". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Sierra Leone: Celebration, War and Healing". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Nollywood: Nigeria's Mirror". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Proving the Bubu Myth: Janka Nabay, War and Witchcraft in Sierra Leone". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Footwork: 10 Essential Tracks". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "My Friendship with Janka Nabay, Genius of Bubu". NPR Music. Retrieved May 4, 2018.