Terrence Stubbs is the writer and director of the documentary, Nommogeneity (generation of the word), which will debut at this year's San Diego International Book Fair. The film documents, for the first time, a unique array of poets and writers--artists’ renown in their own right. The film features Amiri Baraka (Somebody Blew Up America), Douglas Kearney (Fear, some), Marion Cloete (Notes of an Exile), Jaha Zainabu (Journey) and a host of other local, national and international writers discussing in detail what inspires them to write and what challenges they face as writers on the cutting edge. Through in-depth interviews, performance, and footage shot on location, Nommogeneity documents the power of the word to move humans in both thought and action. It also documents the underground spoken word movement, whose influence is far reaching across lines of race, class and gender, giving new direction to the future of literature as we know it.
Preview the film below:
Featuring:
Michelle M. Sierra
Michelle M. Sierra is a writer and photographer focused on the strength and beauty lying inside the history of families and their everyday environment.
Ms. Sierra is an emerging artist studying with the New York Institute of Photography. Her work has been internationally displayed on the wall, stage and radio. She is a founding member of The Wash House Collective and currently leads fine arts programming for youth in her community.
