Women Make Movies

Nicole Johnson January 15, 2015

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES

In anticipation of Martin Luther King Day on January 19, Woean Make Movies is celebrating Black History Month with our favorite African American Studies titles. Celebrate the lives of African American women and the contributions they have made to their families, communities and society from the civil rights movement to the present. These films make the perfect companion piece to any course on race, class and gender.

Take 25% off any African American subject film. For the first time in 2014, bestsellers REFLECTIONS UNHEARD and LIVING THINKERS are included in this discount! See highlights below.

REFLECTIONS UNHEARD: Black Women in Civil Rights unearths the story of black women‘s political marginalization-between the Black Power movement and second wave feminism, showing how each failed to recognize black women‘s overlapping racial and gender identities.

LIVING THINKERS: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower examines the intersection of race, class and gender for Black women professors and administrators working in U.S. colleges and universities today.

THE EDGE OF EACH OTHER’S BATTLES: The Vision of Audre Lorde is a moving tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde.

MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING: A Conversation with Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama who discuss personal histories and influences that shaped them and their overlapping experiences.

BEAH: A Black Woman Speaks celebrates the life of legendary African American actress, poet and political activist Beah Richards.

STANDING ON MY SISTERS’ SHOULDERS tells the story of the women fought for change in Mississippi and altered the course of American history forever.

CHISHOLM ’72 – Unbought and Unbossed takes an in-depth look at the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress.