Скачать или смотреть Remembering Toni Morrison (1931-2019).A Powerful Speech at Sackler Center 2012.

Tomi Morrison:From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain,Ohio '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali,from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room.Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers,critics and colleague on an exploration of race,America,history and the human conditions as seen through the prism of her own literature.Inspired to write because no one took a "little black girl" seriously,Morrison reflects on her life long desconstruction of the master narrative.The film includes discussions about her many critically acclaimed works,including novels"The Bluest Eye" "Sula" and "Song of Solomon " her role as an editor of iconic African-American literature and her time teaching at Princeton University.

In 1993,Toni Morrison became the first
African American woman to receive a Noble Prize for Literature,She is the author of nine major novels.

On WednesdayAprill 18,2012 fifteen extraordinary women who were first in their field were honored with Sackler Center First Awards.The events was presented by Elizabeth A.Sackler and Gloria Steinem.

#Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A.Sackler Foundation.