Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @100

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Title

Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @100

Subject

African-American, documentary, activism, woman director, feminist, racism, biography, experimental documentary

Description

gift from filmmaker. Yvonne is my longtime friend and collaborator. I teach her films frequently in courses on feminist, queer, and documentary film. We co-edited Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African-American Media Making (Duke University Press, 2018).

Date

1994

Abstract

The life story of Ruth Ellis, an openly gay African-American woman who is celebrating her 100th birthday. (TCM) This is Yvonne Welbon’s M.F.A. thesis film.
Born July 23, 1899, Ruth Ellis was thought to be the oldest "out" African American lesbian. Her story offers a rare opportunity to experience a century of our history as lived by one inspiring woman. Ellis passed away October 5, 2000 at age 101. --Sisters in Cinema

Is Referenced By

Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making (Duke 2018)
Sisters in the Life, Yvonne Welbon and Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Feminist Media Histories
A Sister in Cinema: An Interview with Yvonne Welbon, Vida Cross in the Journal of Film and Video Vol. 55, 4, (Winter 2003)

Moving Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

video

Duration

11 mins

Director

URL

https://brooklyn-cuny.yuja.com/V/Video?v=11305499&node=50285639&a=58456603

Files

Citation

“Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @100,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed June 19, 2025, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/734.

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