Programmed August 2021

Black Women’s Anthems: Four Films by Michelle Parkerson

For Michelle Parkerson, filmmaking and activism are inextricably entwined. Using her camera to bring untold stories of Black and queer female identity to the screen as a producer and director, Parkerson has profiled trailblazing performers and activists such as influential jazz singer Betty Carter, social-justice-oriented a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock , and legendary drag performer Stormé DeLarverie, who played a key role in the Stonewall uprising. Her essential documentary works are presented alongside the Afrofuturist love story Odds and Ends , in which Parkerson brings her concern for feminist and LGBTQ issues into the realm of science fiction.

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