bell hooks
Acting
Born
Sep 25, 1952
From
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Died
Dec 15, 2021
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
5.9
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
7.0
Hillbilly
Self
7.0
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Self
5.6
Black Is… Black Ain’t
Self
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Self
Becoming bell hooks
Self
10.0
My Feminism
Self
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
Self
bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice
Self
Filmography — Acting
5.9
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
7.0
2018
Hillbilly
Self
7.0
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Self
5.6
1995
Black Is… Black Ain’t
Self
1998
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Self
2024
Becoming bell hooks
Self
10.0
1997
My Feminism
Self
1997
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
Self
2014
bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice
Self