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In March of 1924, more than 100 Black and white attendees were at a dinner party in downtown Manhattan. The party was organized by prominent thinkers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke and included people like W.E.B. DuBois. Their goal was to bring together Harlem’s young Black writers with white publishers to help the writers’ work find a national audience. The party was a success. So much so that it’s often considered the start of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance saw a boom in the popularity of Black writers, just as the party’s organizers hoped. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston might get the most attention, but the period was not just about writing— music and visual arts also flourished. This hour, we’re listening back to our episode exploring the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. UConn professor Erika Williams joins us to explain what the Harlem Renaissance was and to help us understand how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance. We’ll also hear from Denise Murrell who curated a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism." She says exhibits like this one can help expand the museum-going public. GUESTS: Erika Williams: Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. Denise Murrell: Merryl H. & James S. Tisch Curator at Large at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She recently curated an exhibit called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2024. Brandon Hutchinson: Associate Professor of English, Affiliate Faculty of Women and Gender Studies and Co-Coordinator of the Africana Studies Program at Southern Connecticut State University. Jonah Craggett: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students John Guillemette: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students Frankie Devevo: one of Erika Williams' former students and former CT Public intern To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, you can listen to our interview with Tracy Heather Strain. This episode originally aired on December 20, 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In March of 1924, more than 100 Black and white attendees were at a dinner party in downtown Manhattan. The party was organized by prominent thinkers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke and included people like W.E.B. DuBois. Their goal was to bring together Harlem’s young Black writers with white publishers to help the writers’ work find a national audience. The party was a success. So much so that it’s often considered the start of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance saw a boom in the popularity of Black writers, just as the party’s organizers hoped. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston might get the most attention, but the period was not just about writing— music and visual arts also flourished. This hour, we’re exploring the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance in honor of its 100th anniversary. UConn professor Erika Williams joins us to explain what the Harlem Renaissance was and to help us understand how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance. We’ll also hear from Denise Murrell who curated a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism." She says exhibits like this one can help expand the museum-going public. GUESTS: Erika Williams: Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. Denise Murrell: Merryl H. & James S. Tisch Curator at Large at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She recently curated an exhibit called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this year. To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, you can listen to our interview with Tracy Heather Strain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. We're doing something a little different today: We had the opportunity to speak with Tracy Heather Strain, award-winning writer, director, and producer whose most recent work covers the life and times of Zora Neale Hurston. Her work aims to reveal the ways that our positionality shape lives and reflect and challenge society's narratives. As she says: "I feel a great responsibility to try to bring complexity and nuance to Black women's lives on screen." Be sure to check out Tracy's work American Experience presents Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space on PBS! Other Places to Find Tracy The Film Posse Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart If you enjoyed this episode, please let us know by sharing it on social media! Tag us @zorasdaughters on Instagram and @zoras_daughters on Twitter. Find Tracy on Twitter.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space - a new in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century. Directed by Tracy Heather Strain, produced by Randall MacLowry and executive produced by Cameo George. Tracy is based in Middletown, Connecticut, and though she interested in many things, she spends much of her time making films. She is drawn to individual stories that reveal the ways that race, gender, ethnicity, class and sexuality work to shape lives and reflect and challenge society's historical, artistic, political and cultural narratives. Her films in the series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, Race: The Power of an Illusion and I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African American Arts serve as early exemplars. She is presently in post-production for the 2-hour feature film Zora Neale Hurston, which will premiere in early 2023 on the PBS series American Experience. With Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, the first feature film about Lorraine Hansberry, she incorporated my 35-year practice, rooted in discovering, researching and directing new and often unknown stories to advance social justice, build community and empower the marginalized into a documentary described by Robin D. G. Kelley as “a gorgeous visual love letter…in its brilliance, honesty, and vision.” After its premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, the documentary subsequently won several awards including a Peabody and NAACP Image Award for directing.  She makes my documentaries through The Film Posse, the production company she co-founded with her partner and colleague Randall MacLowry. My next independent project is Survival Floating, a hybrid documentary investigating African-descended peoples' relationships with swimming. A faculty member at Wesleyan University, she is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Associate Director of the College of Film and the Moving Image and Co-Director of the Wesleyan Documentary Project. 

In this 1st Episode Bonus Episode of the Public Square 2.0, the re-launch of The Public Theater's Podcast, “Public Square.” We give you a front row seat to a conversation from one of our Fall Productions, Lorraine Hansberry's “A Raisin in the Sun”.  On Friday, October 21, 2022, Dr. Imani Perry and Tracy Heather Strain, were in conversation following a performance.  The evening was in partnership with the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative.  Host Garlia Cornelia Jones, The Public's new and first ever Director of Innovation and New Media, introduces the Bonus Episodes and drops you into the evening. This Audio-only episode is available wherever you find your podcasts.  Each full episode of Public Square 2.0, will continue to guide you through a behind the scenes look as we connect with artists and staff.  Welcome home, to Public Square—we're so happy to have you back!   Hosted by Garlia Cornelia Jones Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media Creative Producer: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate   Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio   Music Credits: “Latte” By Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io   Transcript by 3Play

On this week's 51%, we speak with filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain about her new PBS documentary Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space. Best remembered for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston's extensive anthropological research on her own people in the American South, as well as rural Black people in the Caribbean, challenged assumptions about race in the late 19th Century, and established Hurston as an expert on Black folklore. Our associate producer, Jody Cowan, also speaks with ceramicist Kelli Rae Adams about her ongoing installation analyzing student loan debt at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, titled “Forever in Your Debt.”. Guests: Tracy Heather Strain, director of Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space; Kelli Rae Adams, artist behind “Forever In Your Debt,” on view now at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced and hosted by Jesse King. Our associate producer is Jody Cowan, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue.

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is a new documentary from the PBS series American Experience. The film explores the life of the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and reveals that in addition to her work as a novelist, Hurston was also an anthropologist whose methods were ahead of her time. Tracy Heather Strain, the director, writer and producer of the film, joins us. We also listen back to a conversation with Dr. Stacey Close about the impact of the Connecticut tobacco fields where prominent figures like the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked. GUESTS: Tracy Heather Strain: director, writer and producer of Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space; Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University Dr. Stacey Close: History Professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, contributor to the book African American Connecticut Explored See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geek Girl Riot has a lot to celebrate this week: We raise a solo cup to House Party, before getting into Awards Season. We also chat with Tracy Heather Strain all about her film Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space. House Party The legendary House Party franchise has a fresh reboot with some familiar faces in 2023—and Sherin and Julian are here to get you hyped for it. Sherin says, “House Party is the movie you watch at a kickback. Gather a big group of friends, get your snacks ready, and prepare to talk back to the movie, but not... Read more »

Geek Girl Riot has a lot to celebrate this week: We raise a solo cup to House Party, before getting into Awards Season. We also chat with Tracy Heather Strain all about her film Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space. House Party The legendary House Party franchise has a fresh reboot with some familiar faces in 2023—and Sherin and Julian are here to get you hyped for it. Sherin says, “House Party is the movie you watch at a kickback. Gather a big group of friends, get your snacks ready, and prepare to talk back to the movie, but not... Read more » The post House Party, Awards Season, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space with Tracy Heather Strain appeared first on idobi.

On the latest episode of Conversations, we sit down with two-time Peabody Award and NAACP Image Award winner, Tracy Heather Strain to discuss her upcoming documentary, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space.The co-founder of The Film Posse, Strain is no stranger to documenting the lives of powerful women. We talk about this legendary talent that truly was ahead of her time.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4671407/advertisement

On the latest episode of Conversations, we sit down with two-time Peabody Award and NAACP Image Award winner, Tracy Heather Strain to discuss her upcoming documentary, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space.The co-founder of The Film Posse, Strain is no stranger to documenting the lives of powerful women. We talk about this legendary talent that truly was ahead of her time.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4671407/advertisement

Joining Michael Azevedo on this episode is award-winning filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain. Tracy is an award-winning director, producer and writer committed to using film and video to bring diverse and often unknown stories to light in order to advance social justice, build community and empower the marginalized in engaging ways.  Her documentaries have been supported the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ford Foundation, Independent Television Service, LEF Foundation, among other funding organizations. In 1999 Tracy won a Peabody Award for her first two feature documentaries "Bright Like a Sun" and "The Dream Keepers" as part of the six-part Blackside/PBS series I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African American Arts, and another in 2019 for the American Masters television broadcast of her latest directing effort, “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart,” the first feature film about the late artist/activist best-known for writing the play A Raisin in the Sun. The bio doc, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival also netted Tracy a 50th NAACP Image Award for Motion Picture Directing last year, the American Historical Association's John E. O'Connor Film Award and a Creative Arts Emmy producing nomination.  Tracy is also President and CEO of The Film Posse, the production company she co-founded with her partner and colleague Randall MacLowry. Together they have directed, produced and written the NEH-funded American Experience film "American Oz," which premiered April 19, 2021. The pair is presently developing a documentary for Nova. And Tracy also currently teaches documentary production, storytelling and history at Wesleyan University.  Making Media Now is sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting media makers from across the creative spectrum. From providing fiscal sponsorship to presenting an array of informative and educational programs, FC supports creatives at every step in their journey.   About the host: www.mrazvo.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-azevedo/

Lois Reitzes is joined by author Rachel Lynn Solomon. Her new romantic comedy novel, "The Ex Talk" is set at a fictional public radio station in Seattle, where two journalists pretend to be exes and deliver relationship advice live, on air. Also, Tracy Heather Strain talks about her film documenting the life and work of playwright and activist Lorrain Hansberry.

This weeks theme is "Behind The Lens." We are highlighting some of the filmmakers we spoke to this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes talks with Atlanta-based artist Fahamu Pecou about his art and how he's incorporating the nationwide protests into his work; Victor Simmons, director of the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History and Claudia Strange, public relations and marketing manager of Fulton County Library System about their virtual offerings during the pandemic and how they're responding to nationwide protests; and filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain about her documentary on Lorraine Hansberry, "Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart."

This week, I’m talking to Tracy Heather Strain. Tracy is a filmmaker and producer. She co-founded The Film Posse with her husband Randall MacLowry, and spent over 14 years raising money to develop the documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart which won a Peabody Award. On May 19th, Hansberry would have turned 90 years old. I had a chance to talk to Tracy about her film, as well as the life and legacy of Lorraine Hansberry. Please welcome, Tracy Heather Strain.

Lorraine Hansberry’s reputation will always be inextricably bound up with her best-known work, A Raisin in the Sun. But who was the woman behind this landmark play? Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain explores Hansberry’s life in her new documentary Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, which premieres on PBS on 19 January 2018. Tracy’s film brings a new perspective to Hansberry, showing us not just the playwright who became the first African-American woman to have a play produced on Broadway, but also someone who was a political radical and who embraced her identity as a lesbian at a time when it was dangerous to do so. Tracy joins us to discuss her film and to give us new insights into this crucially important figure in American theatre.

What happens when Wellesley alumnae sit down for an open, candid conversation about their lives and careers, their hopes and fears, and the bond that connects them—their Wellesley experience? Wellesley alumnae of African descent from across the generations reflect upon the importance of Ethos and Harambee House to their experiences as women of color on campus. Featured alumnae: Karen Williamson ’69 and JudyAnn Bigby ’73; Pamela “Pamm” McNeil ’82 and Tracy Heather Strain ’92; Malika Jeffries-El ’96, Shelly Davis ’97, and Katrina Mitchell ’96; Liz Miranda ’02 and Natalie Gill-Mensah ’03; and Diamond Sharp ’11 and Ikhlas Saleem ’11. Edited and produced by Wellesley College, with interviews recorded by StoryCorps.

The program all about TV. Our guest: Tracy Heather Strain, producer/writer/director of Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, the eebut installment of American Masters' 32nd season, playing tonight on PBS.

By Michael Lueger, Tracy Heather Strain. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain talks about her new documentary Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, which explores the life and work of playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

Segment 1: Jamie interviews filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain about the documentary based on the life of playwright Lorraine Hansberry called "Sighted Eyes, Feeling Heart". Segment 2: Jamie interviews actor-director Cory Bowles about his first feature film "Black Cop" about a Black officer that racially profiles white people. Segment 3: Kay-B interviews actor Beau Bridges from the 20th Century Fox film called "The Mountain Between Us" as well as the cinematographer Mandy Walker. Segment 4: Carolyn interviews Eriq Ebouaney and Sandrine Bonnaire from the French romantic film "A Season In France". Edited by: Jamie Broadnax Music by: Sammus

Hosted By: Michelle Materre Title: “Black Women's Voices - Now & Forever!”  Special Guests:  Alexandra Salazar, Danielle Small & Tracy Heather Strain.  Bios: Danielle Small is author of a new autobiography, Confessions of a Token Black Girl. She lives & writes in NYC. Alexandra Nichole Salazar is co-host of Creatively Speaking on the Air, & an undergrad student at The New School studying literature & philosophy. Her interests include activism, queer theory, and the stories of Latinos in popular culture. She lives in Brooklyn. Tracy Heather Strain is an award-winning filmmaker (The Lorraine Hansberry Project) based in Boston, Massachusetts & co-founder of The Film Posse. Her credits include “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?”, “Race: The Power of an Illusion”, “I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts”, and American Experience films including "Silicon Valley," "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station," and "Building the Alaska Highway."