Made by documentary filmmaker and journalist June Cross, Wilhemina’s War focuses on the impact of the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS across generations of an African-American family living in rural South Carolina, through the story of 62 year old grandmother Wilhemina Dixon.
Never before screened publicly on the West Coast, The William Grant Still Arts Center is proud to present and hopes you will join us for a free screening of this moving documentary that will air on PBS and be featured at the Pan-African Film Festival in February 2016!
Come early and experience this year’s powerful Black Doll Show highlighting the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on women of color locally and globally since the early 1980s with the goal of empowering beyond stigma and shame and breaking the silence around — always open for viewing during regular Center hours Tuesday-Saturday from Noon-5pm through February 13.
Part of the programming around the 35th Annual Black Doll Show – Trench Art Retrospective: The War Against HIV/AIDS – Women of the African Diaspora in the Trenches Curated by Dr. Cynthia Davis (December 12, 2015-February 13, 2016)
