The Story Behind Queendemme
Queendemme, Ca is a 7-part experiential multimedia journal offering a snapshot into the stunning & expressive energy of Black millennial creative women in Calgary, Alberta.
Featuring an intimate but diverse group of cherished locals, this project blends together written and multimedia to provide a lighthearted yet meaningful commentary on the existence of royalty in coffee-coloured skins in the prairies.
You are Invited
To joyfully and curiously celebrate a meld between natural and manufactured, created and imitated, foreign and familiar, that is a small slice of the Black Canadian life.
Project Curation,
Experience Creation
Having already created a documentary, 2-part photo series, live event, poem, and song, join the the creative team on the journey on September 1st, 2022, to experience the brand new Queendemme music video.
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It started as a spur-of-the-moment photoshoot on a summer afternoon, with a few melanin-dipped women in our hometown of Calgary, AB.
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It represents the beautiful challenge of being a creative black woman in a city known for cowboys boots & Alberta beef.
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This poem, written by Caedance, is merely an appetizer of words giving a brief snapshot into what it may feel like to be a black woman.
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The Queendemme film is a 30-minute glimpse into the lives & stories of "blackness" from a handful of local creatives.
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The release of Queendemme, Ca featured a documentary film, poem, 2-part photo series spanning 2 years, and a song debut at an intimate yet inspiring event.
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With vocals by BLSNG featuring Sinzere, caedance, and Lady Channing, Queendemme is an Afro-R&B-pop anthem of joy, pride, and community for Black Canadian women today and for generations to come.
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Filmed over 3 days, spanning 9 locations, and 16 different sets, the Queendemme music video is a journey through history, present, and a glimpse into future generations.
Queendemme is a project that aims to highlight and uplift what it means to be a Black Creative woman in the city of Calgary.
Our project catches only a glimpse into the lives of these inspiring women.
Head to the Queendemme Instagram page & YouTube channel to view the visual story of this anthem of joy, pride, and community for Black Canadian women today and for generations to come.
Like “kingdom,” the name Queendemme was adapted to cheekily hold space as women, in our ‘queendom’, with a visual of the royals in Wakanda.
The pronunciation (“gal-dem”) is a play on Caribbean slang, which means a group of girls. These two meld a nod to the various cultures that exist in the diaspora of blackness within so-called Canada, such as these Caribbean/African influences.
As one of Canada’s national languages, the “emme” is a nod to the French language word for women (‘femme.’) The “CA” in the original full-length title represents Calgary and Canada, creating ‘Queendemme’ to be a place. “Welcome to Queendemme, CA”
