AFRS
204:
BLACK
CREATIVE
ARTS
Unit
1:
In
Qur
Mother’s
Gardens
Film
Assignment
Watch
the
documentary,
and
answer
the
following
questions
below:
®
Documentary:
/n
Our
Mother's
Garden
Netflix.
2020.
Dir:
Shantrelle
P.
Lewis.
®
ACQUIRING
THE
FILM:
You
will
need
to
access
the
documentary
“In
Search
of
Our
Mother’s
Garden”
It
is
recommended
that
you
open
a
Netflix
account
to
view
this
documentary
(or
use
the
free
trial
if
you
have
never
previously
had
Netflix).
Think
of
this
purchase
as
an
inexpensive
replacement
to
having
to
purchase
another
textbook
for
the
course.
I
have
checked
to
confirm
that
the
film
is
available
on
Netflix
for
streaming
here:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81354661
.
1.
How
do
the
Black
women
in
the
film
describe
their
mothers
and
grandmothers?
Why
do
you
think
it
is
important
for
them
to
share
these
stories?
2.
How
do
Black
women
in
the
film
describe
their
lineages
and
ancestries?
Why
do
you
think
learning
about
the
diversity
within
Black
women’s
experiences
is
significant?
3.
How
do
you
see
themes
of
womanism
and
Black
feminism
present
in
the
women’s
stories
of
the
women
in
their
lives?
Be
specific
and
give
at
least
two
examples
from
the
stories
shared.
4.
How
did
the
women
in
the
documentary
describe
and
discuss
their
relationships
to
spirituality?
5.
How
do
Black
women
in
the
film
describe
what,
“radical
self
care’
means
to
them?
What
examples
do
the
women
in
the
film
give?
(Describe
at
least
3
different
women)
Read:
MsMagazine,
“In
Our
Mother’s
Gardens:
Black
Mothers
Day
Shantrelle
P.
Lewis
”:
https://msmagazine.com/2021/05/05/in-our-mothers-gardens-black-mothers-day-sh
11
'
flix/
6.
How
does
documentary
film
director
Shantrelle
P.
Lewis
connect
the
theme
of
the
documentary
to
Alice
Walker's
reading
of
"mother's
gardens"?
How
do
you
see
it
in
the
film's
content?
How
does
she
discuss
the
connections
in
this
article,
and
why
does
she
say
it
is
important?
In
your
opinion,
why
do
you
think
the
director
entitled
the
film,
“In
Our
Motther’s
Gardens”?
(Paragraph
minimum)
7.
Connections:
How
did
you
see
Africana
womanism
in
the
themes
of
this
film?
Describe
two
specific
ways
you
see
this.