Video

Emergence

Pratibha Parmar

1986, 18:00 minutes, colour, English

TAPECODE 050.01

Emergence explores the themes of identity, alienation and herstory in the context of the diasporan experiences of Chinese/Guyanese, Afro-American, Asian, and Palestinian communities. Through different modes of artistic practices such as poetry, visual art and performance art, four Black and Third World women, situated in the urban landscape of Britain and the U.S.A., give their testimonies. Includes Meiling Jin, Audre Lorde, Sutapa Biswas and Mona Hatoum.

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Critical Writing

Out on Screen
by Pat Feindel. Reverse Shot, Fall 1994.
Identity and Consciousness:: (Re)Presenting the Self
by Sheila Petty. Dunlop Art Gallery, 1991. Regina, SK: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1991.