Becoming bell hooks (2024)
Synopsis
Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the feminist movement. Learn how bell’s childhood in Hopkinsville and her connection to Kentucky’s “hillbilly culture” informed her views and her belief that feminism is for everybody. Becoming bell hooks, a one-hour documentary, features selections read by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Kentucky writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell’s younger sister Gwenda Motley and many others.
Release Date: 2024-02-27
Runtime: 59 minutes
Director: Elon Justice
Top Cast
- bell hooks as Self
- Octavia Spencer as Self
- Gloria Steinem as Self
- Crystal Wilkinson as Self
- Silas House as Self
- Gwenda Motley as Self
- Kevin Powell as Self
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