While I Yet Live
In this short film, five acclaimed African American quilters from Alabama talk about love, religion and the fight for civil rights as they continue the tradition of quilting.
About the Documentary
In this short film, five acclaimed African American quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, talk about love, religion and the fight for civil rights as they continue the tradition of quilting that originally brought them together.
The Filmmakers
Maris Curran
Maris Curran holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program, and was a Fulbright Fellow in Mexico. Her films have shown at Berlinale, TIFF, MoMA, and NY Times Op-Docs. Her debut narrative feature, Five Nights in Maine, starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Weist and Rosie Perez, premiered at TIFF and was released theatrically in 2016. Maris recently completed, While I Yet Live, a short documentary about five quilters and freedom fighters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama.