Random Acts of Flyness

Seasons

2018

USA

6.9

Late-night series from artist Terence Nance featuring a mix of vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation as a stream-of-consciousness response to the contemporary American mediascape.

Episode List

What are your thoughts on raising free black children?

S1 • E1

What are your thoughts on raising free black children?

Terence Nance introduces his new late-night series before being stopped by the NYPD. Segments include: "Everybody Dies!," a cable-access show hosted by "Ripa the Reaper"; an infomercial for a topical-ointment cure for "white thoughts"; and a talk show on sex in the black community.

S1 • E2

two piece and a biscuit

A video game is used to train an army of black women to defend themselves against aggressors. A gender-diverse group of subjects talk about the performance of gender. A wise uncle attempts to program his nephews on how not to be creepy.

They Got Some S**t That'll Blow Out Our Back

S1 • E3

They Got Some S**t That'll Blow Out Our Back

An afro goes to prison for "badness", a family mourns a high-profile case of police violence and contestants on the game show "Hotep Squares" are asked if the Second Amendment applies to black people.

Items outside the shelter but within reach

S1 • E4

Items outside the shelter but within reach

This week's program addresses some of the dangling threads from past and future episodes, including the perfect apology, a very competitive game of spades and a celebrity's latest business venture.

I tried to tell my therapist about my dreams/MARTIN HAD A DREEEEAAAAM

S1 • E5

I tried to tell my therapist about my dreams/MARTIN HAD A DREEEEAAAAM

A young Martin Luther King, Jr. wakes from a dream. A movie star with writer's block finds inspiration in Africa and stumbles upon the devil within.

S1 • E6

They won't go when I go

A woman stays woke too long. In the not-too-distant future, a waitress contemplates uploading her consciousness to the cloud amidst warnings of an impending hurricane. After Najja has her demons exorcised, her Jealousy tries to talk its way back into her life.