14 Jan 2022
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and interviews.
Eternas
A short documentary film that delves into the life of Eleggua Luna, a karmairi-mokana-motilona Afro-Caribbean trans woman born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to delve into the constant struggle that black, trans and indigenous people live in Abya Yala as a result of colonization.
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Kar Eleggua Luna Olokun Laverde Sanjuan Kar Eleggua Luna Olokun Laverde Sanjuan
Sylvia Rivera Sylvia Rivera
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