American Gurl

Harvey B. Gantt Center

This project's installment takes shape as a film exhibition that presents eight films by intergenerational artists with curiosity around the perspectives and nuances within the Black feminine experience and our relationships with beauty, success, freedom, and power in America. American Gurl is presented in collaboration with Womxn in Windows, a platform whose mission is to share the perspectives of women of color through video, art, film, and performance.

Artists and Films

Ayanna Dozier - Forever Your Girl, 2022, 8 minutes
Ja’Tovia Gary - Quiet As It’s Kept, 2023, 26 minutes
Kilo Kish - Death Fantasy, 2022, 2:10 minutes
Savanah Leaf - run, 2023, 9:06 minutes
LaJuné McMillian in collaboration with Marguerite Hemmings - Antidote, 2022, 21:38 minutes
Lorna Simpson - The Institute, 2007, 5:14 minutes
Martine Syms - Kita Meditating, 2021, 4:19 minutes
Carrie Mae Weems - Afro-Chic, 2009 - 2010, 5 minutes