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AFRS 204: BLACK CREATIVE ARTS Unit 1: In Qur Mother’s Gardens Film Assignment Watch the documentary, and answer the following questions below: ® Documentary: /n Our Mother's Garden Netflix. 2020. Dir: Shantrelle P. Lewis. ® ACQUIRING THE FILM: You will need to access the documentary “In Search of Our Mother’s Garden” It is recommended that you open a Netflix account to view this documentary (or use the free trial if you have never previously had Netflix). Think of this purchase as an inexpensive replacement to having to purchase another textbook for the course. I have checked to confirm that the film is available on Netflix for streaming here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81354661 . 1. How do the Black women in the film describe their mothers and grandmothers? Why do you think it is important for them to share these stories? 2. How do Black women in the film describe their lineages and ancestries? Why do you think learning about the diversity within Black women’s experiences is significant? 3. How do you see themes of womanism and Black feminism present in the women’s stories of the women in their lives? Be specific and give at least two examples from the stories shared. 4. How did the women in the documentary describe and discuss their relationships to spirituality? 5. How do Black women in the film describe what, “radical self care’ means to them? What examples do the women in the film give? (Describe at least 3 different women) Read: MsMagazine, “In Our Mother’s Gardens: Black Mothers Day Shantrelle P. Lewis ”: https://msmagazine.com/2021/05/05/in-our-mothers-gardens-black-mothers-day-sh 11 ' flix/ 6. How does documentary film director Shantrelle P. Lewis connect the theme of the documentary to Alice Walker's reading of "mother's gardens"? How do you see it in the film's content? How does she discuss the connections in this article, and why does she say it is important? In your opinion, why do you think the director entitled the film, “In Our Motther’s Gardens”? (Paragraph minimum) 7. Connections: How did you see Africana womanism in the themes of this film? Describe two specific ways you see this.