georgia gubernatorial candidate on voting rights, the rise of female lawmakers, trump s military trans ban and more. then as a documentary about the women s march premieres here at sundance, we air a dialogue addressing accusations of anti-semitism within the movement. we don t attack trump directly. video saying the she did not show up for one man. racism,up to fight anti-black racism, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, patriarchy, anti-cement is him. after donald trump is out of office, there ll still be all of those things here. amy: we will hear from women s march cochairs linda sarsour and tamika mallory, as well as nancy kaufman, head of the national council of jewish women. then we will speak to julie cohen, the director of the academy award nominated dr. in about ruthocumentary bader ginsburg as well as actress and activist tessa thompson. in the last decade, elastic it, 10 years of filmmaking, the top 100 films, only 4% of those have been directed by women. i
georgia gubernatorial candidate on voting rights, the rise of female lawmakers, trump s military trans ban and more. then as a documentary about the women s march premieres here at sundance, we air a dialogue addressing accusations of anti-semitism within the movement. we don t attack trump directly. video saying the she did not show up for one man. racism,up to fight anti-black racism, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, patriarchy, anti-cement is him. after donald trump is out of office, there ll still be all of those things here. amy: we will hear from women s march cochairs linda sarsour and tamika mallory, as well as nancy kaufman, head of the national council of jewish women. then we will speak to julie cohen, the director of the academy award nominated dr. in about ruthocumentary bader ginsburg as well as actress and activist tessa thompson. in the last decade, elastic it, 10 years of filmmaking, the top 100 films, only 4% of those have been directed by women. i
hear legendary author alice walker in conversation with kiesi layman. i d like to begin by recognizing our promotional partners for this event big thought the black academy of arts and letters and young leaders strong city now more than ever. it s an enormous privilege to join forces with such outstanding organizations whose impact on the dallas-fort worth community warrants deep praise. we are indeed stronger together when we join forces additionally. i d like to recognize the educators and the students who ve joined us this evening your tenacity dedication and determination during such a tremendously difficult period in history continue to make our communities better and stronger. what an honor it is to feature alice walker in the arts and letters. series the first african-american to win the pulitzer prize for fiction alice walker was born the eighth child of sharecroppers in georgia. she became the valedictorian of her segregated high school class. despite a childhood acc
educators and the students who ve joined us this evening your tenacity dedication and determination during such a tremendously difficult period in history continue to make our communities better and stronger. what an honor it is to feature alice walker in the arts and letters. series the first african-american to win the pulitzer prize for fiction alice walker was born the eighth child of sharecroppers in georgia. she became the valedictorian of her segregated high school class. despite a childhood accident that impaired the vision in her left eye before transferring to sarah lawrence college. she attended atlantis spellman college for two years where she became a political activist met dr. martin luther king jr. and participated in the 1963, march on washington her formidable body of work includes poetry novels short fiction essays and children s stories. her writings have been translated into the language of tian copies of her books have been sold worldwide and now gatherin
i m michelle witcher senior program manager of arts and letters live at the dallas museum of art. i m delighted that all of you have tuned in this evening to hear legendary author alice walker in conversation with kiesi layman. i d like to begin by recognizing our promotional partners for this event big thought the black academy of arts and letters and young leaders strong city now more than ever. it s an enormous privilege to join forces with such outstanding organizations whose impact on the dallas-fort worth community warrants deep praise. we are indeed stronger together when we join forces additionally. i d like to recognize the educators and the students who ve joined us this evening your tenacity dedication and determination during such a tremendously difficult period in history continue to make our communities better and stronger. what an honor it is to feature alice walker in the arts and letters. series the first african-american to win the pulitzer prize for fiction