The life of the Black feminist writer, filmmaker and cultural worker Toni Cade Bambara is reconstructed through her words and stories of colleagues and friends.
The film is structured as
a series of lessons
on cultural organizing
TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing A film by Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez
TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025, 105 minutes) is a biography of the influential writer, filmmaker and cultural worker, who with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment. The film is structured as a series of lessons on cultural organizing, gleaned from Bambara's life and shared by her friends, colleagues and students.
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