{"id":2687,"date":"2011-10-24T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/10\/reflections-unheard-black-women-in-civil-rights.html"},"modified":"2011-10-24T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:02:00","slug":"reflections-unheard-black-women-in-civil-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/10\/reflections-unheard-black-women-in-civil-rights.html","title":{"rendered":"Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights is a feature documentary film about the marginalization of black women between the Black Power and Feminist movements of the 1960s and 70s.<\/div>\n
This film re-tells the history of Civil Rights from several black female perspectives, and makes connections as to how our rich history still impacts black women to this day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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Why this is Important<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
In the midst of a culture that either erases or misrepresents the black female image, I have made it a principle to base my films on the authentic and honest voices, experiences and portrayals of black women. My sole mission for this film is to provide a unique and valuable context in which our both our history and contemporary society can be reflected upon, and to provide a platform in which marginalized black female voices can be heard and validated.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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One of the most important aspects of this project is that people witness a film about black women that is actually made by a black woman. Most of the time, our stories are re-written (and re-mixed) for us by other people, and handed to us in various formats throughout our culture and education. I am certain that through this film, people will see a major difference in how our history and culture can be viewed, depending on the perspective.<\/div>\n