A New ColorA New Color
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Streaming Video, 2017
Current format, Streaming Video, 2017, , All copies in use.Streaming Video, 2017
Current format, Streaming Video, 2017, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsThis film joyfully profiles the life and work of celebrated artist Edythe Boone whose colorful murals portray some of the major events of our time and illustrate the transformative power of art...Long before Black Lives Matter became a rallying cry, septuagenarian Boone embodied that truth as an accomplished artist and educator. From humble Harlem roots, the indefatigable Boone pursued her love of art and her dream of someday creating a new color ́ "a color that no one had ever seen before.́..Boone moved her family to Berkeley in the 1970́s from Harlem to avoid the growing crack epidemic. In the Bay Area, she was drawn to community mural projects that channeled her artistic talent into public advocacy for racial and social justice, including the landmark MaestraPeace mural on the San Francisco Womeńs Building...Boone has made community murals her primary vehicle for helping people of all ages and ethnicities find their artistic voice and express their hopes and visions. A NEW COLOR highlights Boonés work with Oakland middle school students on a mural project and with seniors at a center in Richmond...Woven throughout the film is the personal journey that fuels Boonés art, having lived through segregation and the Civil Rights movement, as well as the more recent tragedies of Ferguson, Trayvon Martin, and the chokehold death of her nephew Eric Garner, whose final words ́ "I Cańt Breathe"́ ignited national outrage over racist policing...Filmed over five years, A NEW COLOR illuminates how the passionate, heart-felt work of one resilient woman can reverberate throughout a community and inspire both art and a more powerful chorus for justice.
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- The Video Project, 2017., [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
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