Keeping Time is a short film by Darol Olu Kae reflecting on the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, a South LA jazz collective founded in 1961. Using a mix of original and archival footage, Kae explores the group’s communal structure and musical legacy. The film mirrors the Ark’s collective rhythm, rooted in African traditions of time shaped by ritual and fellowship, and reveals how creative collaboration fosters deep forms of connection, memory, and artistic continuity.
