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Start: 7:00 pm
Blonde Roots is a provocative and dizzying satire that upends the history of the transatlantic slave trade, reversing and reexamining notions of savagery and civilization, as it follows a young woman's journey to freedom. Evaristo's novel is a powerful, thoughtful reminder that diabolical behavior can take place in any culture, safety is an illusion and freedom is something easily taken for granted. This difficult and provocative book is a conversation sparker. New Members are welcome to join us! | 25
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Start: 7:30 pm
It's Movie Night @ BookWoman. We'll be watching the The World Unseen. $2 suggested donation or just buy something and help us continue to support Austin's women's community. Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth team up once again in The World Unseen, a feature that takes place in the pressure cooker of apartheid South Africa. In a world where boundaries are rigidly defined, two wildly different women tentatively cross them in this story that focuses on their budding romance in apartheid South Africa. Their unexpected attraction pushes the rules-that-bind and forces both to face outrage & violent disapproval. One is a taxi-driving, café-owning rebel; the other is a devoted mother and wife. Both learn lessons about themselves and their lives in their journey toward each other in this film from novelist-turned-director Shamim Sarif. 2007. 94 minutes. | 28
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