Bantam Cinema & Arts Center is holding another special event in its Storyteller Series on Oct. 2 when Catherine Gund of Aubin Pictures will be on hand for a 7 p.m. screening of her documentary Paint Me a Road Out of Here.
The film features artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter in uncovering the whitewashed history of Faith’s masterpiece painting “For the Women’s House” on its journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum.
Get tickets here: https://www.bantamcinema.org/…/paint-me-a-road-out-of-here
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/e4NAZGIkdK4
In 1971, artist Faith Ringgold created the large-scale painting for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island, hoping to provide them with a voice and a sense of hope. The painting’s journey involved being covered in white paint and moved to different locations within the facility, eventually ending up in a location where it was at risk of fading. Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, a formerly incarcerated artist and activist, joined forces with Faith Ringgold and other activists to retrieve the painting and bring it out of the prison system and to the Brooklyn Museum.
Paint Me a Road Out of Here follows the efforts to free Faith Ringgold’s artwork from storage and the challenges presented by the oppressive institutions that the two artists encountered.
Cat Gund, the founder and director of Aubin Pictures, will be joined at the screening by activist Leah Fariah of the Women’s Community Justice Association – and they will participate in a Q&A following the screening.