"Kindred Spirits" explores the lives and work of two accomplished but unsung African American women artists who lived and worked during the era of segregation and who developed a special bond as aunt and niece. Throughout this exploration of their art and careers, a third portrait emerges: that of a segregated Washington, D.C. where, denied the same access as their white colleagues, black artists seized educational opportunities, became prominent faculty members of African American schools, and established their own venues to exhibit and publish their work.

Kindred Spirits

Two artists from Alexandria, Virginia revisit a town’s segregated past, and tell the story of family, friendship, loss and love through their historical dollhouses.

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Filmmaker Sam Hampton bakes a sweet potato pie with his daughter and reflects on the generational ties between his family members. There are many things that managed to survive the family's generations, but nothing seems to be more important than the family's sweet potato pie. While this is a personal story, it is like many such stories of African American culture that should be celebrated as rich and meaningful insights into who we are as individual human beings in a diverse community.

12 Ingredients Over the Generations

Live Q&A with Our Stories: Black Voices

Film screening followed by a live Q&A with the filmmakers from the Our Stories: Black Voices block on November 21st, 2020 at 6 pm

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Our Stories: Black Voices 

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