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Ife Franklin-The Slave Narrative of Willie Mae

The Slave Narrative of Willie Mae (TSNWM) is a work of historical fiction by multidisciplinary artist Ifé Franklin which tells the story of Willie Mae Lenox, a 20-year old Black woman enslaved in Virginia in the mid 1800s, who sets upon her journey to freedom. TSNWM began as a series of blog posts and live readings and was published in book form in 2018, edited by Letta Neely, published by Wild Heart Press, and printed by Red Sun Press (ISBN 0966309715, 9780966309713). TSNWM is now a narrative short film script written by Letta Neely, which invites the audience into Willie Mae’s environment, creating a sense of connection and immediacy between today’s community members and those who lived their lives in American chattel slavery. This project is not merely an artistic enterprise, it is a metaphysical one – it represents the transformation of the book into a living embodiment of the enslaved ancestors and co-creating with the audience a shared future of freedom and liberation. This short film is 3 scenes out of the whole book which has 17 scenes. The next phase of my film is to raise funds for the full length film. May the souls of my ancestors rest peacefully. Ase' and Amen.