BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez

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Hard bop jazz and word dance is in Sister Sonia Sanchez’s poetry and in this film. The epic arc of the Black Arts Movement poet and activist’s life touches us through these intimate projections into her past and present. A vital originator of spoken word poetry, she is an essential element of hip-hop’s vocal expressionism. Her tender, quiet power is a decades-spanning journey of creativity in opposition to sexism, racism, and abuse. We are carefully guided along her trail of truth, understanding, and revelation through the commentary of fellow literary activists Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, and Haki Madhubuti, as well as those of the hip-hop generation she inspired, including Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Ursula Rucker, Talib Kweli, and Questlove. Right at the point of pen in hand to paper, the poem continues and you are there.  DS

Directors

Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

Producers

Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

Editor

Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

Cinematographers

Daniel Traub, Peter Brownscombe, Mike Attie, Brian Noreika, Robert Shepard, Eric Hurt, Patrick Sheehan, Mike Dennis, Art Jones

Release Year

2015

Festival Year

2015

Country

United States

Run Time

90 minutes

Premiere

World Premiere