The Aunties. Film
Affectionately known as “The Aunties”, our friends, mentors, and business partners, Paulette Greene and Donna J. Dear allowed me, and my wife to make a film about their partnership in “life, love and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms”.
The Aunties
Run time: 6 mins.
2021
Charlyn Griffith-Oro, Co-Director, Screenwriter, Co-Editor, Creative Director
Jeannine Kayembe-Oro, Co-Director, Producer, Sound design
M. Asli Dukan, Assistant Director
Beverly Price, Still Photography
Imani Dennison, Director of Photography
Ana Gomulka, Sound
Sweet Corey Bey, Scored by
Diante Jenkins, Production Assistant
Bryan Green, Co-Editor
Center for Cultural Power, Executive Producer
Special Thanks to Queer Women of Color in Media Arts Project, Black Public Media, Ubuntu Climate Solutions, and Black Girl Environmentalists
“The Aunties” shares the story of Black land stewards & culture bearers Donna Dear and Paulette Greene. Told alongside the lands of The Underground Railroad, this historic tale also interweaves the indelible legacies of Harriet Tubman and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms.
