Becoming bell hooks

2024 · 59 min · DocumentaryNR

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.

Directors: Elon Justice, Sarah Louise Moyer
Released: February 27, 2024
Language: English

Cast

bell hooks
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Octavia Spencer
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Gloria Steinem
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Crystal Wilkinson
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Silas House
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Gwenda Motley
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Kevin Powell
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