bell hooks

bell hooks

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.

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  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1952-09-25
  • Place of Birth : Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
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bell hooks Movies

  • 2002
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    BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

    6 2002 HD

    With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...

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  • 1997
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    My Feminism

    My Feminism

    10 1997 HD

    In an era of antifeminist backlash, this articulate documentary by the makers of Thank God I’m a Lesbian forcefully reminds us that the...

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  • 1998
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    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

    1 1998 HD

    Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores what it means to be a Black man in America. Traveling to more than fifteen cities and towns across the...

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  • 2004
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    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    7 2004 HD

    Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities,...

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  • 2024
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    Becoming bell hooks

    Becoming bell hooks

    1 2024 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    Hillbilly

    Hillbilly

    7 2018 HD

    A documentary that examines the cultural stereotype of the people of Appalachia and how that has affected America's relationship with its rural...

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  • 1997
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    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

    1 1997 HD

    bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under...

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  • 1994
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    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    6.1 1994 HD

    African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

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  • 2014
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    bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice

    bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice

    1 2014 HD

    An open dialogue at The New School (Eugene Lang College) moderated by renowned feminist author bell hooks in conversation with Samuel...

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  • 2004
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    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    7 2004 HD

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