I am Black History and Women's History, thanks to Director Debra Robinson's film
I Be Done Been Was Is
Last night, I was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the Black History Month Film Festival,
One Way Or Another: Black Women's Cinema, 1970-1991
Complete Disclosure: I'm also the poster gal of the festival!
Photo credit: Charles James Whisnant
Last night at the (newly scheduled due to high interest & snowstorm) third and final screening of Debra Robinson's comedy documentary, in which I'm featured with the iconic
Marcia Warfield
I felt like part of history!
Did I mention I'm also NARRATOR of I Be Done Been Was Is?
(Blushes & tucks toe in dirt)
I'm grateful to Nellie Killian and Michelle Materre for inviting me to be part of the Q & A following the screening. I appreciate everyone, friends, co-workers and new fans, who attended.
Thanks Gordon Balkcom for this photo of me with my long time pal Eric Vetter at BAM.
My understanding is that the ONLY 2 EXISTING COPIES of the film are in the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library. I hope intentions for the preservation of this, Women's History, Black History and Entertainment History, doumentary come to fruition.
Because I'm trying to get through the day without mentioning Detritus Prumt*, here's more about me.
7 PM Tonight Friday 2/24 New Women Space 188 Woodpoint Rd. Brooklyn NY 11211
Arti Gollapudi, Producer
7 PM Sunday 3/5 Brooklyn Commons 388 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn NY 11217
Between Hoyt & Bond
Oh shucks I was trying to avoid mentioning Detritus Prumt!
Thanks to Randy Credico's show that effort is gone with the wind.
* Your current US president
ahem *Not MY president.
congrats on being an acknowledged part of history -- women's history, black history, and comedic history.