USTalkNetwork.com Conversation with Laura Rahman

Monday (3/23) on UsTalkNetwork.com Conversation with Laura Rahman social activist, independent documentary filmmaker, and public speaker.

UsTalkNetwork.com — When accusations of rape and sexual assault were raised at Spellman College against men from Moorehouse College, they were met with suspicion and silence.Laura Rahman documented the ensuing activity which led to campus-wide discussions which focus on the need for the Black community explore gender roles and our attitudes toward them.

Laura Rahman is a social activist, independent documentary filmmaker, and public speaker. Her work includes, BROKEN SOCIAL CONTRACTS and discusses how two historically black colleges confront accusations of sexual assault on their campus. Her body of filmography also includes, “Breaking Silences” and “A Journey Shared”.

Broken Social Contracts depicts the necessity for conversations in the black community on our relationships. Can dialogue go beyond music videos and lyrics? Activists, students, and scholars weigh in our community’s gender roles. Through her lens as an African Diasporan woman she desires to impact our global society by providing narratives of the those voices often not heard. Her passion is to produce videos that inspire and awaken our consciousness by making seen the invisible.

In Uptown Notes a reviewer wrote, “I love the metaphor that is developed in the trailer, likely in the whole film, of a social contract that positions Spelman in silent service and allegiance to Morehouse and any rupturing of that contract somehow is heretical, anti-Black male or even really anti-Black.” To learn more about Laura: laurarahman.com

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