*SUZANNE, SUZANNE*, Camille Billops' first film, has been added to the National Film Registry <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZaVUV26DUH_SE0SS7ajFcZZZoJ7xcTwVqNZGCwZHCWVIcJEFgEKieKDF52nSEZgfk9ALhv4r-r2SIl286gXBK71DUJ_gq17dGTUBABHGK76HqwiQW7LqExqHzoZT87_G9scixs3UyYfSn0TyAdBmWdh4-wEV5UCJ_rDAfkyvQDBd6nOo-3u_El9gnzN52Sl1QBpsbdOzuNzk2xUIZjFOw3xasAA-T-eMmD9IQZNTgn5dz13VtBPhDKb4I2_iibcZ_WVeYk8FqE2mNQHhCkKFEwXZIQ1tIt5z09rb2zjLIO7_Pp2NUS386_wlGijuQbJl50zmJX53T2t8eViCxmS3a-7OyqJn7XJ7ikyjDrM3afOL4GU1aBNG4pYZVTb1602qjYIeJoJAbRhD2TxnLmsm0Vb3DxUzP6rVseARwiocIzvu5cSy-JqkGw==&c=PFWvVivuBvCwgCgLJn0EHCaC_Ch4hyDvYayIqs_XgoB8FgGUuXvrHQ==&ch=HfrRU-qnwWFNNKnXJDEGhSns6fSeSCmETIqDO1_NdJqBcJSgWmJaEw==>. The National Film Registry selects 25 films each year showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation. SUZANNE, SUZANNE (Camille Billops & James Hatch, 1982, 30 min) *"This insightful 30-minute documentary profiles a young black woman, Suzanne Browning, as she confronts a legacy of physical abuse and its role in her descent into substance abuse. The film was conceived by Browning's aunt, Camille Billops, as a sort of cinematic drug intervention. Family remembrances revealed the truth behind the addiction: Suzanne and her mother were victims of domestic abuse at the hands of the family patriarch. Armed with the key to her own self-destructive behavior, Suzanne struggles to understand her father's brutality and her mother's passive complicity. After years of silence, Suzanne and her mother are finally able to share their painful experiences with each other in an intensely moving moment of truth. Directed by Billops and James Hatch, this film essay captures the essence of a black middle-class family in crisis."* --National Film Registry VISIT TWN.ORG TO PLACE YOUR ORDER <http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=759&card=price> *ALSO AVAILABLE - **THE WORK OF CAMILLE BILLOPS* *Finding Christa* <http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=756&card=price> Camille Billops & James Hatch 1991, 55 min., Color, US This documentary presents a moving yet unsentimental view of motherhood and adoption. It explores the feelings surrounding the reunion of a young woman with her natural mother 20 years after being giv... *The KKK Boutique ain't Just Rednecks* <http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=786&card=price> Camille Billops & James Hatch 1994, 60 min., Color Write Billops and Hatch: "Even as late as a hundred years ago, discrimination on the basis of race was considered a natural and even desirable trait for humans to possess. We Americans have tried to i... *Older Women and Love* <http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=758&card=price> Camille Billops & James Hatch 1987, 26 min., Color, US Using interviews and dramatizations, this film achieves a touching and often humorous look at social attitudes towards relationships between older women and younger men. The filmmakers are involved on... *A String of Pearls* <http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=1092&card=price> Camille Billops & James Hatch 2002, 56 min., Color, US With this film, Camille Billops completes her family's trilogy - three documentaries that cover more than thirty years: "Suzanne Suzanne", shown in the New Director's series at the Museum of Modern Ar... *Take Your Bags* <http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=1091&card=price> Camille Billops 1998, 11 min., Color, US "My take on slavery: When the Africans boarded the ships bound for America, they carried in their bags all their memories of home. When they arrived in the New World, their bags had been switched, and... Sincerely, Roselly Roselly Torres Distribution & Marketing Director Third World Newsreel ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]