-interrupted: prologue to a mem-noir

Interrupted: Prologue to a Mem-noir is a memoir short about anti-Blackness in America written, directed, and featuring Pamela Woolford. It got rave reviews after its limited online release in 2020 and had a virtual film-premiere event attended by 1.5 thousand people. The film will also screen inside the virtual-reality experience Up/Rooted: Pamela Woolford's Cabin Windows.

"BEAUTIFUL, POIGNANT, AND BRILLIANT."

Dr. Arica Coleman, ethnic studies scholar and Time Magazine contributor

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PREMIERE EVENT

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Art as a Response to Anti-Blackness was the virtual film-launch event for Interrupted: Prologue to a Mem-noir.

FILM WEBSITE

www.mem-noir.com or click below

A “BRAVE AND POWERFUL (AND NECESSARY) WORK OF ART.”

Jazz great Bob James, composer of the film's soundtrack

Art as a Response to Anti-Blackness was the virtual film-launch event for Interrupted: Prologue to a Mem-noir. Participants were jazz great Bob James; bestselling author Marita Golden; founder of Black Bottom Film Festival Joseph Lewis; Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts gallery manager Lindsey Yancich; artist, activist, and owner of Busboys and Poets Andy Shallal; and Dr. Charles Chavis of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.

Interrupted: Prologue to a Mem-noir was made possible thanks to the support of Maryland State Arts Council, United Way of Central Maryland; Mosaic Center for Culture and Diversity at University of Maryland Baltimore County; Leah Mazur and Drew Willard, Bob James, and Resonance Records.

Interrupted is supported in part by Maryland State Arts Council.

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