JACQUELINE WOODSON
Jacqueline builds literary worlds so specific and tender that they become universal. Her words in Meanwhile, precise, poetic, unyielding, gave that film a spine and a soul. And her years on our board gave Aubin guidance from someone who has spent a lifetime thinking about what stories are for.
Meanwhile is a docu-poem in six verses. The form itself was possible because of her artistry, a groundbreaking, immersive, nonlinear meditation on race, racism, and resistance. The kind of film that can only exist because people like her are willing to bring their whole selves to the work.
She's believed in Aubin. We've believed in her. That mutual faith is one of our great treasures.
