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Imagine Abolition: A Screenwriting Workshop For Crafting Stories of Justice, Freedom, and Radical Love

In this screenwriting workshop, writers from all levels—from emerging to advanced—will learn how to incorporate abolitionist ideas, themes, and principles into their work to create narratives of justice, freedom, and radical love. Whether you’re revisiting an old work or creating something entirely new, this course encourages participants to re-imagine their romantic comedy, sci-fi, western, horror, or drama script with an abolitionist perspective. Participants will engage in writing prompts and exercises inspired by the work of abolitionists such as Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Andrea Ritchie, adrienne maree brown, Derecka Purnell, and Mariame Kaba, as well as writers/filmmakers such as Kathleen Collins, Lorraine Hansberry, Garrett Bradley, Julie Dash, Chinonye Chukwu, and others.

Instructions for Accessing This Online Class

In order to access live class meetings, you must have the Zoom application downloaded to your computer. You will also need a WiFi/Internet connection throughout the duration of your scheduled meeting and a computer with audio and video capability. The information to join your Zoom classroom will be provided in your confirmation email upon registration. Please check spam folders if you do not see this email upon registration. For more information on how to use Zoom, please see our training manual here.

Some classes use a supplemental Google Classroom page. Should your teaching artist use Google Classroom, you will be invited to join the classroom via email at least 24 hours in advance of your class (check spam folders if you are not seeing this invitation). Please note that Google Classroom requires a Gmail address to access the Classroom. If you do not have a Gmail account, the email invitation will be sent to the email address we have on file and will prompt you to create a free account or enter an existing account to join the classroom. If we are unable to send an email invitation to your non-gmail account, you will be contacted by a staff member to provide a Gmail address. If you do not have a Gmail account, you can create a free account here. Should you have concerns about this, please contact a Loft staff member at [email protected] or 612-379-8999. For more information on how to use Google Classroom, please see our training manual here.