PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE
Monday, August 12, at 7:30 PM
The Grange Hall, West Tisbury
Dir. Catherine Gund | Documentary | U.S.A. | 2024 | 1 hr. 30 min.
Followed by a discussion with director Catherine Gund and film subject Professor Gina Dent; art historian and professor Dr. Cheryl Finley will moderate
In 1971, artist Faith Ringgold made a monumental painting for the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island in New York. Engaging and empowering audiences, especially those experiencing systemic discrimination, had always been important to her and she sought to create an affirmative vision for the women. Fifty years later, artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, who at the age of twenty-five gave birth in prison, bands together with Ringgold and an eccentric bunch of activists, politicians, other artists, and corrections officers, to free the mural after it had been literally whitewashed. Following its journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum, this film is a wild tale of two artists who challenge the same powerful, oppressive institutions with their artwork, their voices, and their shared persistent goals.
Tickets for this screening are general-admission and pay-what-you-can. The suggested ticket price is $20. If you can pay more, we greatly appreciate it!