Summary
Screening of PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE (2024, 90 Min) featuring artist Faith Ringgold. Post screening discussion with Leah Faria (Director of Community Liaisons, Women’s Community Justice Association) and Karen Thomas (Formerly Incarcerated Artist and Domestic Violence Reform Advocate).
FRIDAY | OCTOBER 24 | 5 PM
UPDATED LOCATION: CANTOR FILM CENTER, 26 EAST 8TH STREET
Screening/Discussion
PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE (2024, 90 Mins., Catherine Gund)
The documentary traverses a 50-year journey of women at Rikers Jail, and a painting that leads the way out. Paint Me a Road Out of Here uncovers the whitewashed history of acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold’s masterpiece “For the Women’s House”, and its journey from Rikers to the Brooklyn Museum, a true parable for a world without mass incarceration. Post-screening discussion with Leah Faria (Director of Community Liaisons, Women’s Community Justice Association) and Karen Thomas (Formerly Incarcerated Artist and Domestic Violence Reform Advocate).
Co-sponsors: NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Prison Education Program (PEP); Center for Black Visual Culture at the Institute for African American Affairs; Department of Anthropology.