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AWFJ Women On Film – “American Violet” – Esther Iverem reviews

April 12, 2009 Esther Iverem alliance of women film jouralists, american violet, awfj women on film, esther iverem, movie reviews, womem film critics

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American Violet,” is a raw and honest movie based in part on the true story of how a wide swath of the Black community in Tulia, Texas was arrested one day in a massive drug raid in 1999. 0 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 0 Flares ×

Esther Iverem

Esther Iverem is producer and host of the podcast and nationally syndicated show, “On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital,” on Pacifica Radio. She is a multi-disciplinary writer, visual artist, and independent journalist. Her diverse body of work also includes four books, including, WE GOTTTA HAVE IT: TENTY YEARS OF SEEING BLACK AT THE MOVIES, UBLISHED BY Hatchette Book Group. She is a former staff writer for The Washington Post, New York Newsday and The New York Times, and the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a National Arts Journalism Fellowship at Columbia University, and three fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.