“Her Word As Witness: Portraits of Women Writers of the African Diaspora.” OPENS TONIGHT

Photo exhibit with artful focus on women writers

“…I wanted to pay tribute to some of the writers that I appreciate”

BY Maite Junco
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

More often than not, the city’s cultural institutions keep black Latinos and African-Americans in separate categories. The Brooklyn Museum’s photo exhibit “The Black List,” for example, was followed this year by “The Latino List.”

But Brooklyn photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn has mixed both in “Her Word As Witness: Women Writers of the African Diaspora,” an exhibit featuring photos of 36 women that opens Thursday at the Skylight Gallery in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

“I wanted to do something from the disaspora, and of course Latinas are a part of the diaspora,” said Barrayn, 32. “We are all over the world.”

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“Negroes on Ice” Starring Prince Paul and son Pforreal

I didn’t think my mellow Prince Pablo could pull this off, but…I saw a run of the show at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City and it was actually really funny. Disclaimer: my husband Sacha Jenkins is the show’s director and Prince Paul is a dear friend so I’m a little biased! Still, I think you’ll agree if you check it out for yourselves. See flyer below for cities and dates.

Her Word As Witness: Portraits by Laylah Barrayn

If you’re in New York City, anytime from December through March 31, 2012, drop by Skylight Gallery in Brooklyn and check out Her Word As Witness. I was honored to be one of the women photographed by Laylah and look forward to checking out the show featuring some of my favorite fellow writers on the planet of the African Diaspora.

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One of the questions people always ask us is, “What’s in the outtakes?”

STYLE WARS was originally edited to its 69 minute length from about 30 hours of 16 mm film that we shot in 1981 and 1982. Hours of exciting and wonderful scenes in the extra footage that didn’t make it into the finished film need to be restored. There are many shots of trains and some surprising masterpieces rescued from oblivion.

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