The project will be a video presentation on Black Feminism and the portrayal of Black women in contemporary media. A vast majority of the presentation will comprise of interviews taken from people of various different socioeconomic backgrounds. Questions surrounding what it means to be a feminist and issues surrounding general feminism in modern art culture and status quo society at large.
A segment in the presentation also will show art pieces done by various African American artists and an audience will be asked to interpret the paintings. The interpretations will be recorded and put together for general presentation.
Another segment will discuss on the difference between Black Feminism and Western concepts of Feminism both domestic and in international relations.
Finally, I chose this topic because it strongly relates not only to my morals but also a general way of how I now relate to the world. A black feminist epistemology is one that once performed allows individuals to challenge all dominant structures of knowledge production, ways of knowing things. A truth validation process that truly has liberating qualities. The general audience expected to view this presentation follows the age group 18 + considering the people interviewed follow that age group.
Resources Used
Facing Difference The Black Female Body: Art on Mind Visual Politics - bell hooks
Ways of Seeing - John Berger
Feminist Theory From Margin to Center - bell hooks
More sources to come!
awesome idea
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