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Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 7:00pm
  • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  • August Wilson Cultural Center
Writing Your Truth: Playwriting Workshop

Writing Your Truth: 
Playwriting Workshop with Caleen Sinnette Jennings

When: Tuesday, March 27
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
To Purchase: Click here
Lunch is provided in the cost of the workshop.
Ticket to the Monday, March 26 documentary screening not included.

Join playwright, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, for an interactive communal workshop for aspiring and professional writers, playwrights, journalists, and literary artists. The workshop will explore how, like Lorraine Hansberry, playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings mined personal diaries, photo albums, interviews and research to pen her theatrical memoirs. Caleen will ground the workshop in techniques to help participants overcome writer's block, boost confidence and celebrate the outcome. 

Workshop participants are encouraged to bring one or two photos of people who have been meaningful in their lives. Writing exercises will lead to monologues which will be shared with other participants.

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
A Celebration of Women's History Month

Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first-ever feature documentary about Lorraine Hansberry, the visionary playwright who authored the groundbreaking A Raisin in the Sun. The film reveals Hansberry’s prescient works tackling race, human rights, women’s equality and sexuality that anticipated social and political movements on the horizon. Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart features Tony Award®-winning actress Anika Noni Rose as the voice of Hansberry, interviews with Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte and Louis Gossett, Jr. and narration by LaTanya Richardson Jackson. Filmmaker and Peabody Award-winner Tracy Heather Strain (Unnatural Causes, I’ll Make Me a World) crafts the story of one woman who believed, like many of her generation, that words could change society. After the film, join us for a moderated panel featuring the creative team behind the film and a reception celebrating the film and the empowerment of women. Both the panel and reception are included with paid admission to the documentary. The reception includes complimentary hors d'oeuvres and live music by female jazz trio, A.I.R.

This event is presented in collaboration with the LakeArts Foundation.

Video

Run Time: 120 minute documentary, plus a post-show talkback and reception
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