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Title: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)
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| Toni Morrison | ... | Self | |
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Hilton Als | ... | Self |
| Oprah Winfrey | ... | Self | |
| Russell Banks | ... | Self | |
| Angela Davis | ... | Self | |
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Robert Gottlieb | ... | Self |
| Walter Mosley | ... | Self | |
| Fran Lebowitz | ... | Self | |
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Farah Griffin | ... | Self |
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Paula Giddings | ... | Self |
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David Carrasco | ... | Self |
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Richard Danielpour | ... | Self |
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| Muhammad Ali | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career.
This stunning documentary, "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" (2019) directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Its two hours full of tribute to Morrison by iconic literary figures from Sonia Sanchez to media celebrities like Oprah Winfrey.
It celebrates greatness as a written language about the human experience, illustrated by a selection of Black creativity from artists such as Kara Walker to Kerry James Marshall. It reminds the viewer of America's ties to human slavery through the backdrop stories (historic references to Black slavery) of what inspired Morrison to write great novels from "Bluest Eyes" to "Beloved".
Greenfield-Sanders explores her hometown of Lorain, Ohio; Morrison's childhood experience of an ethnic diverse perception of America. Not using sensational nor romantic devices, Morrison 's story is told as her literary works, as an everyday experience. It topped with a dash of sobriety leaving the viewer to hear and see more.
This production also give a honest telling of Morrison's personal life towards her professional as well as artistic accomplishments. Full of archival interviews with the author from different decades of her life. It creates a myriad, but almost a kaleidoscope effect in viewing her various stages as a single mother, professional editor, literary agent to a visionary!