U People

Fri, Aug 22 at 6:50pm

Directed by Hanifah Walidah & Olive Demetrius
(2007) 76min

One spring weekend, 30 women and transmen of color, gay and straight, gathered at a brownstone in Brooklyn to film a music video celebrating black women's lives and as that music video was being made, another camera recorded footage of the cast and crew. But this is no simple behind the scenes video. U People captures candid and thought-provoking discussions of race, gender, and sexuality spurred on by the music video's themes and by the intelligent, talented, and beautiful people who joined together to create it—people who are too often marginalized in front of and behind the camera. The result is an empowering and illuminating reminder of the power of community.