A Documentary
by Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius
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IMAGE+NATION
INTERNATIONAL LGBT
FILM FESTIVAL
2008
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Paris De Les Femenists
Film Festival
2009
The following are selections from the U People vault. More can be viewed at the U People Youtube Channel
MEDIA
U People Excerpt: "People are nice to me"
U People Story "They Didn't See Anything Wrong"
Make a Move Music Video
U People Excerpt: "The Box"
Below is a 25 minute audio excerpt from a 2 hour town hall meeting held at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis following the screening of U People.
The music video that started it all. We all went in to that house to make a music video and came out with an archival legacy of our time.
An sample from the U People Story webseries hosted by comedian and U People cast member Gloria Bigelow and produced by Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius. U People expands its reach into a world where almost anyone can be made a victim of difference. The U People Story webseries is a humorous and cathargic approach to telling one's story of alienation.