Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024)

CO-PRESENTED BY CASCADIA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL In 1971, artist Faith Ringgold created a monumental painting For the Women’s House for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail. Fifty years later, artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, who gave birth in prison 15 years ago, finds herself banding together with an eclectic group of activists, politicians, artists, corrections officers, and Faith Ringgold herself to free the artwork with the ultimate goal of freeing the women. Paint Me a Road Out of Here is a wild tale of the painting’s whitewashed journey and the two artists who challenged the same powerful and oppressive institutions, a half century apart, with their artwork, their voices and their shared, persistent goals.DocumentaryPT1H30M2026-02-12
Catherine Gund
Tanya Selvaratnam
Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024)"Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024)"

Showtimes

February 12, 5:45 pm

Pickford Film Center