Mickalene Thomas' Two Latest Art Shows, 'The New Brownies,' Mona Awad's 'Rouge' (Get Lit Preview), DOC NYC 2023, 'Four Daughters'
New Jersey-born and New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is showing work at two art shows. The first, Je t’adore, runs in NYC at the Yancey Richardson Gallery through November 11, and features new work inspired by imagery of Black female erotica. The other show, Portrait of an Unlikely Space, at Yale University through January, mixes early portraiture of Black Americans with work by contemporary artists including Thomas. She joins us to discuss both.
In 1920, W.E.B Du Bois created the first American magazine addressing Black children. The Brownies' Book invited the era's most prolific Black creatives to submit material—poems, illustrations, songs—so that Black children could feel seen and represented (the magazine was the first to publish a Langston Hughes poem). A new collection, The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families, celebrates the history of the magazine alongside new material for children today. The book was created by married duo Dr. Karida L. Brown, a sociologist and Du Bois expert, and her husband, artist Charly Palmer. Brown and Palmer join us to discuss.
Mona Awad is our November Get Lit with All Of It book club author. She joins us to give a preview of her new novel, Rouge, which tells the story of a woman named Belle who investigates the mysterious death of her beauty-obsessed mother. Belle encounters the dangerous magic mirror that might have entranced her. Click here to borrow your free e-copy of the book and to grab your free ticket to our November 27 event with Mona Awad.
DOC NYC, America's largest documentary festival, returns with a selection of non-fiction cinema from around the world. Some of the films include attention-grabbing films like "Kokomo City," "The Walk" and "Four Daughters." The festival is running both in-person and online from Nov. 8th until Nov. 26th. DOC NYC artistic director Jaie Laplante and senior programmer Ruth Somalo join us to discuss the line up.
The new documentary, "Four Daughters," tackles the story of two sisters who left their family to join ISIS through an unusual method-- casting two actors to play the sisters and act out scenes alongside the real-life mother and remaining two sisters. Director Kaouther Ben Hania joins us to discuss the film, which is in theaters now.
