Alice Walker
Parmar's compelling documentary film about writer/activist Alice Walker captures the extraordinary life and legacy of one of the most important twentieth century women in the world. A must-see for Women's Studies and Black Studies classrooms, BEAUTY IN TRUTH is also a portrait of the complex ways in which race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect in contemporary U.S. history.
-Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D
Founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center and the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies, Spelman College
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Warrior Marks
A film by Alice Walker, 1993, 54 min, Color
WARRIOR MARKS is a poetic and political film about female genital mutilation from the director of A PLACE OF RAGE, presented by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE and POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY. Female genital mutilation affects one hundred million of the world’s women and this remarkable film unlocks some of…
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