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Emergence

10.0198618mMovieDocumentary

Four Black and Third World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde and Palestinian performance artist Mona Hatoum, speak forcefully through their art and writing.

DirectorPratibha Parmar
WriterPratibha Parmar

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Cast · Directed by Pratibha Parmar

AL
Audre Lorde
Self
MHMona Hatoum
Mona Hatoum
Self
MJ
Meiling Jin
Self
SB
Sutapa Biswas
Self

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Emergence hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 1986. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.