“‘Pioneer’ — I have trouble with that word,” says Brontez Purnell, sitting in the sunny backyard of his West Oakland home and grasping for the best language with which to describe Ed Mock. It’s a task ...

For the past year, I have been filming a documentary on the life of Ed Mock, a Black, queer experimental choreographer. Last year marked the 30th anniversary of Mock’s death from AIDS and also brought ...