This films looks cool! I just heard about Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama - A Conversation on Life, Struggles & Liberation, directed by C.A. Griffith and H.L.T. Quan. The title sort of explains it all, doesn't it? The film is a series of conversations between two remarkable, formidable women. Take a look at the trailer:
Here's the synopsis:
Features conversations that span 13 years between two formidable women whose lives and political work remain at the epicenter of the most important civil rights struggles in the US. Through the intimacy and depth of conversations, we learn about Davis, an internationally renowned scholar-activist and 88-year-old Kochiyama, a revered grassroots community activist and 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee's shared experiences as political prisoners and their profound passion for justice. On subjects ranging from the vital but largely erased role of women in social movements of the 20th century, community empowerment, to the prison industrial complex, war and the cultural arts, Davis' and Kochiyama's comments offer critical lessons for understanding our nation's most important social movements and tremendous hope for its youth and the future.
This sounds like an amazing, powerful portrait of two civil rights titans and their profound passion for justice. You might never get to sit down and chat with these two women, but watching this film might just be the next best thing.
The film will be screening this Thurday, June 17 at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas as part of the San Francisco Black Film Festival. For more information, go here. It will also screen next Sunday, June 20 at the Roxie Theater as part of Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
For more information about Mountains That Take Wing, including upcoming screenings and how to get in touch with the filmmakers, go to the Quad Productions website here and the film's IMDb page here.
