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Directed by Joseph Camp, it is a captivating tribute to Sweet Honey in the Rock. Producer Michelle Parkerson’s outstanding video documentary “Gotta Make This Journey” received a special merit award. Lewis was awarded the $750 third prize for “Serving Two Masters,” a video work-in-progress satirically contrasting a rigidly upwardly mobile black with an outspoken black street preacher.

Romell Forster-Owens’ “More Than a Game,” a video dealing with a high school student struggling to live up to his father’s expectations, took the second prize of $1,000.

This year’s 10 entries revealed that Washington, D.C., is becoming a center for blacks involved in video. Saturday at the Four Star Theater as part of the Black Talkies on Parade Film Festival, honoring actor-athlete Bernie Casey.Įntries were down by at least-two thirds from previous years, suggesting difficulties film makers face in obtaining funding, but the overall quality was up. The award-winning films and videos will be shown at 1:30 p.m. Judging was Saturday at USC’s Davidson Conference Center, and the prizes are to be presented at 7 p.m.

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Read the full GO Magazine article about Stormé here.Reginald Hudlin’s “House Party!,” a stylish and witty look at teen-age behavior, won the $1,500 first prize in the fourth annual Black Independent Video and Film-maker’s Awards sponsored by the Black American Cinema Society, the film archives of the Western States Black Research Center. Learning about Stormé and honoring her legacy is important as we continue to fight for equality and work to abolish 'ugliness' in all its forms. Stonewall Veteran's Wisdom on 'Ugliness' from Kirk Klocke on Vimeo. Listen to her speak about 'ugliness' (and hear her sing!) in this 2009 interview from Columbia University's NYC in Focus journalism project: Protective of the younger generation of lesbians (and all LGBT people), Stormé was known by many for her use of the word 'ugly' to refer to anti-LGBT slurs and harassment. She was on the lookout for what she called “ugliness”: any form of intolerance, bullying or abuse of her “baby girls.” DeLarverie roamed lower Seventh and Eighth Avenues and points between into her 80s, patrolling the sidewalks and checking in at lesbian bars. Tall, androgynous and armed - she held a state gun permit - Ms. Stormé lived in the Village section of Manhattan for decades, nearby the Stonewall Inn.Īccording to the New York Times, 'for decades she was a self-appointed guardian of lesbians in the Village.' The article goes on to say: Her bold move sparked others to join in and fight for the rights of LGBT people. Check out these photos of Stormé from the 1950s!ĭuring the 1969 Stonewall rebellion which is known as the starting point of the modern LGBT movement, she was one of the first to take a stand and confront the police. Stormé sang and performed for many years as the only male impersonator in the Jewel Box Revue, a touring company made up of female-impersonating men. Born in 1920 on Christmas Eve, Stormé was never issued a birth certificate because she was born to a white father and a black mother at a time when interracial marriage was illegal. So let's take a moment to learn a little bit about Stormé DeLarverie's interesting story and the path she helped to pave for those who have come after her. If we forget our own history, we are doomed to repeat it. We, as a community, by failing to care for, protect and befriend our elders, are leading ourselves down a path in which these phenomenal lives and stories will be forgotten. People who celebrate the LGBT movement's victories forget the roles our elders played in making them possible. Drinkwater, the executive director of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, who believes that the new generation of LGBT youth is too separated from the elders who came before us. Her story was chronicled in GO Magazine by Erin M. Stormé DeLarverie, LGBT activist who played an integral role in the Stonewall rebellion of 1969, has passed away at the age of 93.