Yes, that’s *Oscar-nominated* short documentary...pic.twitter.com/B1qr6AlVWJ
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“Having real Black girls was number one. I wanted Black girls that looked authentic, that grew up in the neighborhood, that were living their everyday lives within this moment, not me trying to create this picture,” says
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“When we think about South Central,” says @SophiaNAllison, “we always have masculine individuals helping us paint that backdrop. There aren't that many movies where we allow a Black woman to be the center of these stories of South Central.” #HerDreamDeferred
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A Love Song for Latasha “is a lasting repudiation of the ugliness in which the value of her life was dismissed,” says
@sandylocks. It’s “part of the archive of restoration, of reparation, & it occupies a different plane than traditional forms of documentary.”#HerDreamDeferredNäytä tämä ketju -
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#SayHerName has presented us with the same kind of challenges," says@sandylocks. "How do we breathe life into a space that has been absent? How do we elevate our sister without rehearsing the thing that people know her for, as the girl who got killed?"#HerDreamDeferredNäytä tämä ketju -
“What do you want to do to open the pathway for the next story like this?” asks
@sandylocks. “I want people to trust Black women, to trust Black women artists."#HerDreamDeferred@SophiaNAllisonNäytä tämä ketju -
"If A Love Song for Latasha were to win the Academy Award, it would mean so much for Black women & Black girls that this young 15-year-old Black girl from South Central is being recognized by the masses, that her story will never be forgotten.” -
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"I just want Black girls in the hood, Black girls globally, to realize they deserve to have their story celebrated on the highest level. They deserve to have their stories talked about. They deserve to be at the forefront of their stories."
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The mural of Latasha Harlins, in the community center where she played as a child.pic.twitter.com/guJmzNTNfb
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A Love Song for Latasha is available on
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Closing remarks from
@sandylocks: "To be able to talk about a movie as important and as impactful as this one, with the director that's steeped in the intersectional framework, it is something that I will cherish for a very long time."#HerDreamDeferredNäytä tämä ketju -
Powerful responses to A Love Song for Latasha from
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