In a recent interview, filmmaker Charlyn Griffith-Oro of the short documentary “The Aunties” told the Amsterdam News, “This film came out of my observations of the aunties over the last almost decade. They expressed wanting to leave behind the legacy that they have [stated] explicitly, but also in their actions, in their awareness, and in their presence.”
The former educator and her wife, Jeannine Kayembe-Oro, co-directed and co-edited “The Aunties,” which features elder mentors, friends, and fellow farmers and climate activists Paulette Greene and Donna Dear, a married couple who met in 1974.
“I made the film to offer them as a possibility model; not just for the LGBTQIA community, but for anyone [who’s] imagining resisting enslavement, resisting confinement, and open to exploring their freedom,” Griffin-Oro said.
The film starts streaming on YouTube on Feb. 17 as part of the Black Public Media (BPM) online series AfroPoP Digital Shorts. It was originally supposed…
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