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    A Place of Rage

    Pratibha PARMAR 1991 USA Documentary color 52min English BetaCam
    This exuberant celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power and feminist movements. The trio reassess how women such as Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer revolutionized American society. A stirring chapter in African American history, highlighted by music from Prince, Janet Jackson, the Neville Brothers and the Staple Singers.

    Director

    Pratibha PARMAR

    She has a passionate commitment to telling human stories that illuminate experiences rarely seen in the mainstream media. Her award-winning work has been widely exhibited at international film festivals and broadcasted in many countries. Her dedication in bringing complex subjects to mainstream media has helped changed the contours of popular discourse on race, feminism and creativity. She has an exemplary track record as a director of excellent ability and vision for her pioneering documentaries and dramas. Her career reached a critical turning point with the release of A Place of Rage, a documentary on African-American women and the civil rights movement featuring Angela Davis and June Jordan.

    Pratibha PARMAR
    • 1986  Emergence 
    • 1987  Reframing AIDS 
    • 1988  Sari Red
    • 1990  Bhangra Jig
    •         Flesh and Paper 
    • 1991《極樂》Khush
    •         《憤怒之地》A Place of Rage
    • 1992  Double the Trouble Twice the Fun
    • 1993  Warrior Marks
    • 1994  The Colour of Britain
    • 1996  Jodie: An Icon
    • 1998  The Righteous Babes
    • 1999  Brimful of Asia
    • 2006《蓮娜的甜美生活》Nina's Heavenly Delights
    • 2008  Diversity in Motion
    • 2013《真實之美：探索愛麗絲沃克》Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Director/ Pratibha PARMAR Cast/ Angela DAVIS, Fannie Lou HAMER, June JORDAN, Rosa PARKS,
    Alice WALKER

    Kali Films
    Pratibha Parmar | Shaheen Haq
    info@kalifilms.com

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