Becoming bell hooks (2024)
59m
Running Time
February 27, 2024Release Date
Plot.
Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the feminist movement. Learn how bell’s childhood in Hopkinsville and her connection to Kentucky’s “hillbilly culture” informed her views and her belief that feminism is for everybody. Becoming bell hooks, a one-hour documentary, features selections read by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Kentucky writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell’s younger sister Gwenda Motley and many others.
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Cast & Crew.

bell hooks
Self

Octavia Spencer
Self

Gloria Steinem
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Crystal Wilkinson
Self

Silas House
Self

Gwenda Motley
Self

Kevin Powell
Self

Elon Justice
Director

Sarah Louise Moyer
Director
Details.
Release DateFebruary 27, 2024
StatusReleased
Running Time59m
Content RatingNR
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