Haile Gerima Presents: Gilmore on Sterling Brown and the History of Washington DC Poetry

About the Film:

A reverent and fascinating portrait of Harlem Renaissance poet Sterling  Brown. Eighty-five years old at the time of this film, Brown reflects on  his four decades teaching at Howard University and the impact of such  figures as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, and Duke Ellington. Made  by Gerima in collaboration with his own Howard University students, After Winter: Sterling Brown reveals  a kindred spirit in Brown, who, like Gerima, draws from the rich  histories and traditions of Black culture to inspire his work.

About the Lecturer:

Brian Gilmore is a poet, writer, public interest  attorney, and columnist with the Progressive Media Project. He is a Cave  Canem Fellow (1997), Kimbilio Fellow (2014), Literature Fellow for the  D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities (1997), Pushcart Prize nominee  (2007), and winner of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual  Artist Award (2001 and 2003). Gilmore has been a contributing writer for  Ebony-Jet.com, and JazzTimes Magazine. He is the author of two collections of poetry: elvis presley is alive and well and living in harlem, and Jungle Nights and Soda Fountain Rags: Poem for Duke Ellington. His poems and writings are widely published and have appeared in The Progressive, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun,  and many other publications. He teaches law at the Michigan State  University College of Law, where he lectures and writes on contemporary  issues relating to housing and economic inequality, dividing his time  between Michigan and his beloved birthplace, Washington, D.C.