Acting
bell hooks
Born 1952-09-25
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
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BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
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Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995
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Hillbilly
2018
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
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Becoming bell hooks
2024
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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998
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My Feminism
1997
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bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
1997
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bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice
2014
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (10 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Becoming bell hooks | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Hillbilly | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me | Self | Movie | 2004 |
| Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me | Novel | Movie | 2004 |
 | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America | Self | Movie | 1998 |
 | My Feminism | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | Black Is… Black Ain’t | Self | Movie | 1995 |