Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth | |
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Directed by | Pratibha Parmar |
Written by | Pratibha Parmar |
Produced by | Pratibha Parmar Shaheen Haq |
Cinematography | Simon Dennis |
Music by | Tena R. Clark Tim Heintz |
Production company | Kali Films |
Distributed by | Paul Monaghan Pratibha Parmar Linda Peckham Scott Radnor |
Release date | 2013 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth is a documentary film directed by Pratibha Parmar, made by Kali Films production company. The film follows the life of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet and activist Alice Walker. [1] Shooting began in May 2011. The documentary was first aired on BBC Four television on Sunday July 7, 2013, [2] and on PBS on February 7, 2014.
Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar have previously collaborated on A Place of Rage and Warrior Marks. [3]
Mary McNamara in a review for the Los Angeles Times described Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth as "a lovely and lyrical tribute", concluding: "... it isn't often we get to spend time with a person of such conviction under whose hands words bloom with both beauty and power. But then there really isn't another person like this. There's only Alice Walker." [4] An article in Ms. Magazine stated: "It's a beautiful film: a testament to the power of narrative, textual and visual, and to finding your way when the path isn't always clear." [5] The review in YES! magazine called it "a deeply moving film that deserved the standing ovations at its premiere screenings...as beautiful visually as it is spiritually. It’s a must-see." [6]
The film was a nominee or winner of awards, [7]including: