Stonewall Museum Present: The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen - A Film by Jennifer Abod

Presented in partnership with Women In Network (WIN) in celebration of Black History Month

Enjoy a glass of wine before the film courtesy of Barefoot Wine and Bubbly.
 
An inspiring film by award winning documentary filmmaker Jennifer Abod, PhD. Jennifer Abod will join Stonewall patrons in a virtual discussion held via Skype after the screening.
 
The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen provides a window into the life of Angela Bowen who grew up in inner city Boston during the Jim Crow era, and went on to become a classical ballerina, a legendary dance teacher, a black lesbian feminist activist organizer, writer and professor.
 
For six decades Bowen has influenced and inspired untold numbers, speaking out as strongly for the arts, and Black and Women’s Rights as she has for LGBT Rights. Candid, compelling, and inspiring, Passionate Pursuits depicts Bowen's life across the decades, with archival footage, musical selections, photographs and interviews.
 
Bowen’s stories reveal how the challenges of race, class, gender, age, and sexuality played into her decisions and strategies for survival. Passionate Pursuits is important to anyone who wants to know more about the experiences and complexities of black women’s lives and the emergence of Black Feminism.