HUNTER DOCUMENTARY- Clementine Hunter was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches. Born into a Louisiana Creole family at Hidden Hill Plantation near Cloutierville in 1887, she started working as a farm laborer when young, and never learned to read or write. In her fifties, she began to sell her paintings, which soon gained local and national attention for their complexity in depicting Black Southern life in the early twentieth century.
"For her to not have any formal training, to have that volume of work that speaks to our society in a global kind of way, is what I would share with any person who has not seen her work." Henry Price, Historian and Commentator
Her work has been in galleries all over the world, Tonight at 7pm Louisiana Public Broadcasting will present the broadcast premiere of Clementine Hunter’s World, an award-winning short documentary exploring her life and work. Henry Price of Shreveport is a Clementine Hunter historian and was a commentator for the documentary.
"For her to not have any formal training, to have that volume of work that speaks to our society in a global kind of way, is what I would share with any person who has not seen work." Price said.
Clementine Hunter’s World was produced entirely in Louisiana. It premieres tonight at 7pm on Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
