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From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own work. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes discussions about her many critically acclaimed novels, including “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” and “Song of Solomon,” her role as an editor of iconic African-American literature and her time teaching at Princeton University. In addition to Ms. Morrison, the documentary features interviews with Angela Davis, Hilton Als, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez, Farah Griffin, and Oprah Winfrey, who turned Morrison’s novel “Beloved” into a feature film.
Original Release
06/21/2019
US Release
06/21/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Toni Morrison | Self |
Hilton Als | Self |
Oprah Winfrey | Self |
Russell Banks | Self |
Angela Davis | Self |
Robert Gottlieb | Self |
Walter Mosley | Self |
Fran Lebowitz | Self |
Peter Sellars | Self |
Farah Griffin | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Toni Morrison | Self |
Hilton Als | Self |
Oprah Winfrey | Self |
Russell Banks | Self |
Angela Davis | Self |
Robert Gottlieb | Self |
Walter Mosley | Self |
Fran Lebowitz | Self |
Peter Sellars | Self |
Farah Griffin | Self |
Paula Giddings | Self |
David Carrasco | Self |
Sonia Sánchez | Self |
Richard Danielpour | Self |
Muhammad Ali | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Dick Cavett | Self / Self (archive footage) |
June Jordan | Self |
Bill Moyers | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Barack Obama | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Charlie Rose | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Kantor | Executive Producer |
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Producer |
Chad Thompson | Producer |
Tommy Walker | Producer |
Johanna Giebelhaus | Producer |