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Community Conversation Series: Discussion with Filmmaker Maris Curran

Length: 58 min.
Place: Gees Bend,
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Maris discusses the inspiration behind making the film as well as participates in an in-depth Q&A. In the film While I Yet Live, we meet five African American women who are acclaimed quilters and freedom-fighters. 

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Five African American women quilters and freedom-fighters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, share their cultural and family heritage of quilting. 

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