Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
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Join us for a screening of “…goodbye to the EMOTIONAL MAMMY,” written and directed by Ghanaian journalist and playwright Esther A. Armah. A facilitated dialogue with the director and civil society leader Renee Bracey Sherman will follow the short film. This event is free and open to all registered attendees.
Screening
…goodbye to the EMOTIONAL MAMMY
Written & Directed by: Esther A. Armah
Featuring: Beverley Prentice-Thomas
An Emotional Justice short film about the weight of it all and the wellness we create
About
This short film centers a Black woman’s journey where breakthrough may feel like breakdown in a world that demands, negates and discards. What does it mean to choose your wellness over the world’s weight of expectation of your racialized emotional labor? What does it mean when your wellness feels like a battlefield in a nation where your thriving is threat, not promise, healing or full humanity?
“…goodbye to the EMOTIONAL MAMMY” is part of a global project WELLNESS in the face of WARFARE by The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice, a global non-profit led by the film’s writer and director, Esther Armah. This project invites Black and Brown women to center their wellness in a landscape that weaponizes fear and threat as political tools of reactionary politics and calculated chaos. WELLNESS in the face of WARFARE is an invitation to pursue Emotional Justice.
Renee Bracey Sherman will be the facilitator.
Renee Bracey Sherman is an American writer and activist who centers the stories of Black women in her work. She is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit We Testify. She is the co-author of Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve.