Red Lips [Cages for Black Girls] 2010

Directed by Kyisha Williams

black.queer.trans.sexy.femme.slutty.cherry.red.locked up.locked down.black.whore.red lips.justice. This film begins to explore black/racialized/criminalized/queer/trans/ identity and its relationship to the prison industrial complex. it articulates links between interpersonal and systemic violence - while celebrating the (sexy) ways in which we survive and celebrate ourselves.