Unbroken Current Film Series
September 20 - November 9, 2019
We are pleased to present film screenings that relate thematically to the exhibition. These short and feature length films will be looping throughout the course of the exhibition and will rotate. Please see below for dates and details.
Curated by Selena Mars and Robyn Greene Arrington in partnership with Stowe Story Labs.
On view September 20 - October 19: UJASIRI
TWO SIDES, Episode: Eric Garner
Producers: Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Lemuel Plummer, Jason Tolbert, Andrew T. Wang
41:46
VIGNETTES OF COLOR: GIVE ME DEATH Director/Photographer: Josh Peters
:31
Produced & Written by Chad Quinn
15:15
MURDER IN BLACK & WHITE, Episode: Rev. George Lee
Produced by Keith Beauchamp
40:27
VIGNETTES OF COLOR: WHO TAUGHT YOU Director/Photographer: Josh Peters
:31
Produced by Ma'at Zachary
43:37
Produced by Lande Yoosef 9:55
On view October 21 - November 9: MAPENZI
Writer/Director: Stella Meghie
1:23
VIGNETTES OF COLOR: A LIE TO SAVE US
Director/Photographer: Josh Peters
:31
Produced by Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Lemuel Plummer, Jason Tolbert, Andrew Wang
41:46
SPIRITUALLY DEAD
6:27
MURDER IN BLACK AND WHITE: MOORE'S FORD
Produced by Keith Beauchamp
41:42
Feature
VIGNETTES OF COLOR: LIES WE TELL
Director/Photographer: Josh Peters
:50
Selena Mars
Selena Mars is an award winning Actor, Film Producer & Musician who has been making a name for herself in the industry for over a decade. She has written, recorded and performed live with many Grammy recognized artists including Jennifer Lopez, Andreo "Fanatic" Heard (Michael Jackson/Beyoncé), D.Clark (Florence+the Machine), Joshua Valleau (John Legend), Chris Flam (Nick Cave/Public Enemy), Talvin Singh (Bjork/Madonna). She also co-wrote music with Bob Wootton-Johnny Cash's lifelong guitarist who played on classics Walk the Line and Folsom Prison Blues.
Her acting credits include Abel Ferrara's 444 Last Day on Earth, starring Willem Dafoe and was nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival 2011.
She recently appeared in Stephen King's Hulu series Castle Rock season 2 and she has a role in the upcoming thriller I Care A Lot where she appears with Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage. She is also a Fellow and Alumna of Stowe Story Labs.
Robyn Greene Arrington
Robyn is an award-winning creative executive with varied experience in content creation. As Interim Head and Vice President of Original Programming & Production at TV One, Greene Arrington is a key member of the core team that shapes the network’s creative vision. For more than a decade, she has been a driving force behind some of the network’s most acclaimed original content, including Unsung, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story and Fatal Attraction. Her most recent TV One ratings and trending successes are Uncensored, an intimate celebrity documentary series; Bobbi Kristina, an innovative biopic; and Two Sides, an investigative crime & justice limited series, executive produced as well as narrated by Viola Davis.
Prior to her tenure at TV One, Robyn contributed to HBO, Lifetime, A&E and BET. Her film work includes Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and the indie cult classic, Hav Plenty, which Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds executive produced and which was distributed by Miramax.
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