LOVE YOU MADLY (film)
Love You Madly is an animated short documentary film shaped by the conversations and encounters with the late Steve Cannon—blind poet, mentor, professor and founder of the early ‘90s avant-garde artist collective, A Gathering of the Tribes—with an anticipated release date of December 2026.
A version of Love You Madly was on view at the Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept as part of the Steve Cannon / A Gathering of the Tribes installation, of which Williams had the honor of collaborating closely with the curators in designing. On the occasion of the opening weekend of the Biennial, Williams also designed an expanded cinema, site-specific immersive sound performance featuring audio recordings and a live score from the film, programmed with A Gathering of the Tribes: Marathon Poetry Reading, which showcased 100 poets over 2 days.
Tracie Dawn Williams is an educator and photographer working within the documentary tradition, with extensive field experience covering post-conflict humanitarian efforts in Southeast Asia and social movements in the United States. Williams received her MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from the International Center of Photography-Bard and was a Film Fellow with the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio in Brooklyn. Williams often collaborates with artists from other disciplines and experiments with multiple mediums and genres in her storytelling
A Gathering of the Tribes, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization, proudly serves as the fiscal sponsor for Tracie Dawn Williams’ film Love You Madly.. Tax-deductible donations to support her work may be made through our organization.
