bell hooks

bell hooks

  • Birthday: 9/25/1952
  • Deathday: 12/15/2021
  • Place of birth: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
  • Fame for: Acting
  • Also known as: Gloria Watkins, Gloria Jean Watkins

Biography

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.

Filmography

BaadAsssss Cinema
Release date: 8/14/2002

BaadAsssss Cinema

Role(s): Self

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My Feminism
Release date: 10/17/1997

My Feminism

Role(s): Self

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Release date: 8/4/1998

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Release date: 2/24/2004

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Role(s): Self

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Becoming bell hooks
Release date: 2/27/2024

Becoming bell hooks

Role(s): Self

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