The Revival: Women and the Word (2016)

Directed by

Sekiya Dorsett

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

How it feels

A documentary follows a touring group of black lesbian poets and musicians traveling across the United States. It includes interviews with feminist and queer thinkers about gender, race, and sexuality.

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What happens

The Revival Women and the Word is a 2016 documentary film directed by Sekiya Dorsett, a queer filmmaker who works to give voice to issues of equality. This documentary chronicles a US tour group of black lesbian poets and musicians who are traveling performing making history as queer women of color. Their journey is to bring together their community and include interviews from leading black feminist and queer thinkers including Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Nikky Finney, and Alexis De Veaux. This documentary tackles themes such as gender, race, and sexuality. This film works to represent community and provide a special insight to the experience of queer women of color performers. Additionally, this film works to empower and raise the voices of the marginalized. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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