BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez

A documentary about the life and work of the renowned poet and activist.

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Featured in Ms. Magazine!

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/11/15/baddddd-sonia-sanchez-is-bound-to-be-good/

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A Haiku by poet Sonia Sanchez From her book, “I’ve been a woman”

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PLEASE SUPPORT! BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez: A new film by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater and  Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, with musical score by Evan Solot.

You may have read Sonia Sanchez’s poetry, or attended a reading of her work where she combined spoken words with improvisational jazz and dancers. Or you may have attended a political rally where she challenged discrimination, illegal wars or lack of educational opportunities for underprivileged youth. 

You may have experienced her as a teacher or mentor as she pioneered African American studies in higher education, taught creative writing, or developed women’s studies courses. If you have had one of these experiences, we hope you will agree with us that a film that brings this petite but powerful whirlwind to a larger audience is long overdue.

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Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver, September 9, 1934) is an African-American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children’s books.

Here is a beautiful poem that embodies why Tupac was/still is important, particularly when it comes to liberating Blacks.  If you’re in the Philly area, this poem is part of the inspiration behind a mural on the corner of Carlise and Diamond.

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we are sudden stars you and i exploding in our blue black skins

Sonia Sanchez (via rhythmoftheheartt)

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A Haiku by poet Sonia Sanchez From her book, “I’ve been a woman”

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Poem No. 10

You keep saying you were always there waiting for me to see you. you said that once on the wings of a pale green butterfly you rode across san francisco's hills and touched my hair as i caressed a child called militancy you keep saying you were always there

holding my small hand as I walked unbending Indiana streets i could not see around and you grew a black mountain of curves and i turned and became soft again you keep saying you were always there

repeating my name softly as i slept in slow Pittsburgh blues and you made me sweat nite dreams that danced and danced until morning rained yo/red delirium

you keep saying you were always there you keep saying you were always there will you stay love now that I am here????

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Sonia and Ruby Dee read a poem

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'BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez' - the Feature Documentary on Her Life (Fundraising)

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BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez: A documentary film

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A performance packed documentary about Sonia Sanchez, poet, activist and pioneer of the Black Arts Movement. Still going strong at 79.

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There’s a Documentary About Sonia Sanchez in the Works

For over four decades, Sonia Sanchez has written, taught, and mentored her way to the forefront of contemporary Black arts in America. Now there’s an effort to make a film about her life’s work. The 79-year-old poet is the focus of a new Kickstarter campaign for a documentary titled “BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez” by Barbara Attir, Janet Goldwater, and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon. The goal is to raise $55,000, and the title comes from Sanchez’s second book of poetry, “We a BaddDDD People.”

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Sonia Sanchez with Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (1917-2000), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950. 

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"Put on the hands of peace"

Sonia Sanchez fulfills her responsibilities as Philadelphia's poet laureate for The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

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Sanchez reads haiku for Max Roach in BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, with cameraman Bobby Shepherd. 

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Sonia Sanchez teaches haiku at the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology in BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez. 

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Bernice Reagon Johnson, founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, sang at a Tribute to Sonia Sanchez

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3 “Words are the most dangerous of weapons. . .”