What vision and determination Marlon Riggs had to make this beautiful film at the end of his tragically short life. A profound and essential film about Black identity and a true celebration of intersectionality.

Who thought this was a good idea? And where's the laughter?

What's a suicidal girl in 18th century Austria to do? * to the tune of Bat for Lashes *

Teen girls take a film class and an entire world opens up for them. 50 years later, they meet with their now 90 year old teacher, director Edgar Reitz, to watch the footage and talk about the importance of cinema as a whole and this class experiment in particular.

I knew I would love this! I wish at least one of the girls had gone on to make movies, some of those classroom shorts are fantastic!