Film Screening + Q&A of my Doc on Black Women in Civil Rights!
I have exciting news! In honor of Black & Women’s History Months, I am hosting a Virtual Film Screening and Discussion of my award-winning documentary film, Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights.
Reflections Unheard is a feature-length documentary which focuses on black women’s marginalization between the Black Power and Feminist movements of the 1960s and 70s. It is the first and only film of its kind to focus exclusively on black women’s experiences and contributions during the Civil Rights era. You’re welcome to find more information about the film here.
I’ve posted all of the juicy event info below (including a raffle!).
But before I get into that...
Y’all…let me say a quick word about this film. Reflections Unheard has been my lifeboat for the past decade. Not only have I turned it into my primary source of income, and not only has it saved my ass time and time again…
It has reached far beyond my wildest imagination since its inception, screening in all the top Universities in the world (yes, every single one!), reaching diverse audiences, being taught in classrooms, housed in major libraries, and having been my golden ticket to visit new and interesting parts of the world.
I never thought that this film would earn me a single dime, or reach beyond the African-American community. I made this film because it needed to be made, and so that it could simply be available for women like me to witness our reflections accurately reflected in history. And it has been a fountain of knowledge and abundance, 10x over.
I’m proud and blessed to have been a vessel for this work, and to finally be able to share it with my audience.
I never host my own film screenings (anymore), and I have never hosted a virtual screening and discussion. (When my film came out, we were still using DVDs! remember those ancient relics?)…
But I have been wanting to for a while—especially to have the space to get real about my thoughts on the parallels between today’s women’s movement and that of the past.
I have a lot of beautiful, heartfelt, and spicy creations in store to share on my Blog over the next few months, one of which is a groundbreaking project I am working on, that offers black female civil rights history through a gender-critical lens.
I can’t say too much about it yet, but I will say this: I am currently on my way to Boston to research at the Harvard University Women’s History Library all next week (yay!!) and I will be sharing a bit of my personal process with that here, very soon.
In the meantime, I am happy to share the fruits of my prior research, in the form of my film, Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights. And I will be very excited to meet all of you on video to chat about the film, share my creative process, and answer any questions you may have.
Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights
Virtual Film Screening and Discussion
Event Info:
Film Screening: Thursday, Feb. 29-March 2nd March 21-23rd, 2024
Ticket-holders will receive a private link to the film via email, where you will have 48 hours to watch the film on your own time. Within that email, you will also receive a link to the community discussion, scheduled for March 2nd.
Film Discussion: Saturday, March 2nd March 23rd, 2024. 12pmEST:
Video Discussion/Q&A with Director (Me) and other readers/viewers.
This event has been rescheduled! More info here.
Ticket Info:
All are welcome to purchase tickets here.
This event is open to all! You do not have to be a subscriber of my Blog to attend. However, subscribers and supporters of my work are eligible for certain benefits:
Film Screening & Discussion is FREE for existing paid subscribers.*
If you are an existing paid subscriber and you would like to attend this event, please reply to this post and let me know that you’d like to be placed on the guest list.
*New paid subscribers who come onboard after this post is published, will still need to purchase a ticket to attend this particular event.
With that said, I am tinkering with the idea of hosting themed virtual discussion salons in the future, where subscribers receive special access or benefits. So if you’re a new paid subscriber, welcome! There is still more to come. ✨
I am hosting a raffle to give away one ticket to a free subscriber! Info below.
Donations Are Welcome:
Whether or not you are purchasing a ticket, donations are always welcome! I am a one-woman show. Your donation helps to support me in doing this work. You’re welcome to contribute a donation here.
If you can’t donate but still want to support, sharing my work with those who will appreciate it is highly valued and much-appreciated.
Free Ticket Raffle:
I’m hosting a raffle to give away one ticket to a free subscriber. To enter:
Sign up as a free subscriber to my Blog, and create a Substack account.
“Restack” this post on Substack to share it with the broader community (click the circle-arrow icon at the top left corner of the post).
If you read, follow, or are friends with someone on Substack who you just know would love to see this film, tag @ them in the comment section of this post and include a brief note about why you think they’d be interested. Be sure to tag at least one account that hasn’t already been mentioned by me or someone else.
If I’m the only person you currently read on Substack, visit the Substack app or website and find someone new! There’s a lot of amazing creators on Substack who write about Black and Women’s history, including
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I look forward to sharing my film and connecting with all of you! Thank yew. 🙏🏾
This is so exciting! I’ve been wanting to watch your film since I learned about it, but my Timberland regional library doesn’t seem to have it? so I was a little bit stumped on how to do that as a non-college/non-group.