In honor of Women's History Month, watch the short film When We Gather, plus a bonus behind the scenes video. You can also view the Q&A with the creative team below!

About the Film

When We Gather celebrates the women who have played an elemental role in the progress of the United States and offers a call to create a path forward for the leaders of the future. Conceived by renowned artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons, in collaboration with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Okwui Okpokwasili, the artists choreographed circular movements and gestures from diverse traditions evoking storms, spirals, and ancestral energy. The soundscape incorporates both lyrics and a poem written by Diggs for the project. When We Gather was originally inspired by the election of the country’s first female vice president and performed during a pandemic by seven artists in separate studios and outdoor spaces in Brooklyn, Houston, Boston and Nashville then woven together by director Codie Elaine Oliver (Black Love, OWN). The project was produced over an eight-week period by San Francisco based gallerist Wendi Norris.
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About Codie Elaine Oliver

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