Draft:Lousie Fleming

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Louise Fleming (b.) is a Black ndependent filmmaker who specializes in experimental and non-fiction short works.

Early Life & Education[edit]

Graduate American U/NYU School of the Arts/Film.

Career[edit]

Fleming's short film Just Briefly was shown at the first ever Black women’s film festival: the Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts in 1976, co-organized by Black feminist Faith Ringgold, Margo Jefferson, Patricia Jones, Michele Wallace, and Monica J. Freeman. Fleming previously served as co-rresident/curator of Women's Screening Series CineWomen NY at Two Boots Pioneer Movie Theater and Anthology Film Archives.

Filmography[edit]

  • Just Briefly (1975)
  • Thank You, Ma'am (1977)
  • My Bridge (2015), as producer
  • Pecking Order
  • Rain: Up Close – A Meditation (2022)
  • Works-in-Progress - The Overflow: a contemporary look at the intersection of church /tourism/gentrification in Harlem; and This Unique Life about the late self-taught musician/songwriter Bruce Woody

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