Directed by Maureen Blackwood • 1988 • United Kingdom
Starring Amanda Symonds, Irma Inniss
Bright and imaginative in its approach to its subject, PERFECT IMAGE? exposes stereotypical images of Black women and explores their own ideas of self-worth. Using two performers who constantly change their personae, the film poses questions about how Black women see themselves and each other and the pitfalls that await those who internalize the search for the “perfect image.”
Up Next in Revolutionary Reveries: Four Films by the Sankofa Film and Video Collective
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Home Away from Home
Directed by Maureen Blackwood • 1994 • United Kingdom
Starring Ellen Thomas, Ashabi Ajikawo, Simon Lee ClarkeA bittersweet drama that unfolds almost without dialogue, this prizewinning short conveys immigrant women’s experiences of isolation. Feeling displaced from her rural African roots, Miri...
