"black./womyn.:conversations..." star on...

Star talks about how she hopes to be remembered as an activist...part of a new documentary on lesbians of African descent...coming soon!.

"black./womyn.:conversations..." will be a feature length docu-film that will concern lesbians of African descent living in the U.S. It will include over 50 interviews with black lesbians of all ages /classes /nationalities/locations discussing a variety of topics including coming out, sexuality and religion, love and relationships, patriarchy, visibility in media, among others as well as a series of short vignettes representing the topics discussed. I'm hoping to provide a film that can encourage progressive dialogue between people on dealing with the image of the black lesbian and the stereotype that come with who black lesbians are portrayed to be. I hope to encourage conversation between black lesbians dealing with class and age, and the lack of communication between these groups and how that affects the overall unity between black lesbians as a group in society.

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http://blackwomynconversations.blogspot.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• black
• lesbian
• documentary
• pride
• activism
• tiona.m.

[tionanm]

black./womyn.: conversations with lesbians of african descent

Documentaries

(USA, 2008, 97 mins)

Directed By: tiona.m

NewFest Screening!!!!

Tue, Jun 9th 5:00pm

The School of Visual Arts Theatre 2

333 W 23rd St

New York, NY 10011

$14.00

[veronicajade20]

@loversarelunatics that is not the case with me. i am aware the cultural connotations of black hair and i personally chose not to make my hair a political statement. i experiment with hairstyles, sometimes they are straightened ones. bottom line, as i previously said, no matter what my hairstyle is, i have experienced racism, misogyny, and homophobia. the veracity of my situation should never be denied based on my hairstyle and i am not less authentic then a person with natural hair.

[veronicajade20]

@loversarelunatics i understand perfectly what you are trying to say, that some black women straighten their hair to assimilate, and some black women straighten their hair out of self hatred or completely unexamined. and i think that is horrible.

[veronicajade20]

@loversarelunatics the people who would automatically disrespect me based on my hairstyle are wrong. period. there is no excuse for being disrespectful or disregarding the veracity of someone's experience based on their appearance. it's shallow, prejudical, and arrogant to behave that way.

[loversarelunatics]

@veronicajade20

i never said that you shouldn't the same amount of respect. just saying some people won't give it to you. and let's be honest... it might be just a hairstyle to you but to the women who spend hundreds of dollars on hair every month (when many can't really afford it) just to achieve that look it's not just that.

[veronicajade20]

@loversarelunatics why wouldn't i be able to get the same respect or achieve the same effect? and who would be treating me that way? i personally think that anyone who is shallow and arrogant enough to devalue my words or my actions based on my HAIRSTYLE is someone who's opinion i really don't care about in the first place. and why are you referring to wearing straight hair as a wearing a white woman's crown? straight hair does not have the same racial connotations for me. its just a hairstyle.

[loversarelunatics]

@veronicajade20

this is true sista. but trust you wont get the same respect or achieve the same effect wearing the white womans crown on your head. but i like the whole "i am not my hair" idea.

[theantidoter]

@loquaciousthe3RD

me tooo

[veronicajade20]

you fucking homophobic misspelling idiot. you can't even spell a slur correctly.

[veronicajade20]

um, shut the fuck up.