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The FHI Black Feminist Working Group presents a screening of the creative documentary (2024), followed by a hands-on workshop wherein participants will get the opportunity to respond to the film using the written and visual arts. This program will be hosted at the Franklin Humanities Institute in Smith Warehouse on Thursday, November 13th, 2025 from 5 PM to 8 PM.

A Mother Apart, directed by Caribbean-Canadian filmmaker Laurie Townshend, is a visual epic that follows Jamaican-American poet and activist Staceyann Chin on a global journey of reckoning wherein she reclaims the power to heal herself from generational wounds of abandonment while forging a brighter future for herself and her daughter. Visit to view the documentary's full synopsis and a director's statement.

This program will be hosted in the Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall (C105). Please note: While the film screening is open to all É«½äÖ±²¥ students and Durham community members, the workshop portion of this event will be reserved for students currently enrolled in Caribbean studies courses at É«½äÖ±²¥ and community members who identify as Caribbean.

Drinks and refreshments will be provided for all attendees.

Please note: All attendees must reserve a ticket in order to take part in this program. Tickets are free for this event, and will be dispersed on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a ticket please sign up through this .

We welcome students affiliated with the Center for Documentary Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute, Hurston-James Society, Nasher Museum, and the Rubenstein Arts Center, as well as students enrolled in the African and African American Studies; Art, Art History, and Visual Studies; Cultural Anthropology; Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; and History departments. Durham community members interested in programming related to Caribbean, Black Feminist, and/or Queer Visual Cultures are highly encouraged to attend.

This program is presented in collaboration with the Fall 2025 Visualizing the Caribbean and Caribbean Image Studies courses taught by Dr. Michaeline Crichlow. The Black Feminist Working Group is co-organized by Ruki PV (É«½äÖ±²¥ University, PhD, Literature), and Jazmin Maço, (É«½äÖ±²¥ University, PhD, Art History).