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A PLACE OF RAGE: COMING TO A DVD NEAR YOU
Posted by Charlotte on February 17, 2010
Tags: A Place of Rage, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, feminism, June Jordan, Kalifilms, Subtext Magazine, Womanism
A Place of Rage – Trailer from Kali Films on Vimeo.
A Place of Rage is a film celebrating the contributions of prominent African American women including Alice Walker, Angela Davis and June Jordan – and it’s on its way to finally being released on DVD, with EXTRAS! And it needs your help.
Full disclosure: director, documentary-maker Pratibha Parmar, is a friend but I think I could enjoy her back catalogue even if I didn’t know her to be a wonderful woman.
Within the context of civil rights, black power, lesbian and gay rights and the feminist movement, the trio reassess how women like Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer revolutionised American society and the world generally. A PLACE OF RAGE made its debut in 1991 yet it’s content is still one of the richest and most cherished with candid interviews from Angela Davis, Alice Walker and powerful poetry from June Jordan.
To update the original footage Parmar has recorded a new interview with Angela Davis, sharing some of her thoughts about the women’s movement today and the icon of Angela Davis vs Angela Davis herself. She’s also putting together some footage filmed three years ago in Rawanda and DRCongo with Alice Walker, bearing witness to women’s stories, suffering and making change.
The project is currently accepting donations to help meet the high costs of getting the DVD finished and launched to help raise awareness about the contributions of women of colour.
All Donations of over $1000 or £800 will be credited on screen and donors will receive signed copies of the DVD by Angela Davis and Alice Walker. All Donations of $500 or £250 or more will receive a signed copy of the DVD by Angela Davis and Alice Walker
Tags for this post:A Place of Rage, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, feminism, June Jordan, Kalifilms, Subtext Magazine, Womanism