The Rest I Make Up: A conversation with Michelle Memran and Gabri Christa, moderated by Alice Reagan

A conversation with Michelle Memran and Gabri Christa. Moderated by Alice Reagan. Recorded on January 27, 2020 at Barnard College, NYC.

Cuban-American playwright Maria Irene Fornes (1930-2018) created astonishing worlds onstage. When she stopped writing due to dementia, a friendship with a young writer and filmmaker Michelle Memran (Dasha Amsterdam Epstein Visiting Artist in Theatre, Barnard College) reignited her visionary creative spirit, triggering a film collaboration that picked up where the pen left off.

The film is experimental in its storytelling, exploring the filmmaker and subject’s artistic exchange, mutual influence, and the co-constitution of story and memory. At the heart of this film, we see a dedication to a life and cultural legacy, and a friendship.

This event was sponsored by the Barnard Department of Theatre and BCRW.

Join our email list to receive event announcements in your inbox.

Donate

Your donation will allow BCRW to continue to grow and develop programming and innovative collaborations rooted in intersectional feminist praxis.

Donate

RECOMMENDED STORIES

Dec 4, 2024

Rage, Struggle, Freedom

Contributions by Nagihan Akarsel (Jineolojî Academy), Electra B., Azza Basarudin, Loren Cahill. Chinese Artists and Organizers (CAO) Collective 离离草, Livia de Souza Vidal, J. D. Harlock, The International Women's Network Against Militarism (IWNAM), Iida Käyhkö, Bramsh Khan, Youree Kim, Arianne Napier-White, Şervîn Nûdem (Jineolojî Academy), Ximena Keogh Serrano, Loan Tran, Fadwa Tuqan, Helena Wacko, and the YVE Collective.

Dec 2, 2024

Jina’s Uprising: A Feminist Look at Two Years of Struggle and Resistance, Developments and Dynamics

On the second anniversary of the “woman, life, freedom” uprising, Feminists for Jina, a transnational Iranian feminist network, held a panel discussion reflecting on the lessons and lasting impacts of this unprecedented, mass feminist revolt. While the events that precipitated the uprising are well known outside Iran, they nonetheless bear repeating because they crystallize the […]

Nov 14, 2024

A View from Public Housing: Resident Histories, Perspectives and Hope

A View from Public Housing: Resident Histories, Perspectives and Hope When I was growing up there, we were proud to live in public housing. It was a great place to live. You got to really see a lot of family, community, playgrounds. It was so close to schools. Public housing is no different than […]