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Celebrate Black History

Suzanne, Suzanne

25m

Directed by Camille Billops and James Hatch • 1982 • United States

One of the many films that Camille Billops and James Hatch made centering on Billops’s family, SUZANNE, SUZANNE presents a devastating portrait of the artist’s niece, haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child and the passivity of the family members who allowed it to continue.

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