Angela Lynn Tucker

#InTheStudio with 2025 Artist-in-Residence Angela Lynn Tucker: “I’m a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. When you work on films, it’s incredible, very collaborative. You work with a lot of people, and I was wanting to do work that was a lot more personal. About a year or two ago, I started to become more interested in collage, and that’s been a real switch for me. I needed to be in a more introspective space.” Angela Lynn Tucker (@tuckergurl ) is an artist based in New Orleans and was a Summer 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center. This interview was filmed at the Joan Mitchell Center in July 2025. Learn more about Tucker’s work at joanmitchellfoundation.org/angela-lynn-tucker. Interview: Sly Watts Videography: Cfreedom Photography Editing: Mahsa Biglow Ara Production: Melissa Dean Music: Stasis by TrackTribe (CC0 license) All artwork shown © Angela Lynn Tucker, 2025 #AngelaLynnTucker #JoanMitchellCenter #ArtistResidency #ArtistInterview #ArtVideo

Been listening to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill a lot lately. This piece was inspired by Ex Factor. “Care For Me” 12x17 Mixed media #blackcollagists #collage #analogcollage #handcut #collageart #kolajinstitute #handcutcollage

🎬 It’s official: THE INQUISITOR is heading to @tribeca for its World Premiere! We can’t wait to share this powerful story with you.  🗳️ THE INQUISITOR chronicles Barbara Jordan’s meteoric rise as the first Black Congresswoman from the South, offering a blueprint for uniting a divided America through a turbulent political era. Director @tuckergurl Producers: Angela Tucker, @trevite.willis @cosmorhythmatic Exec Producers: @jamekaautry , @k2db @tyroneddixonphd Carrie Lozano, Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith  Supervising Producers: Michael Kinomoto, @julponte DP and Colorist @oddibe Editor @annuguitar Narration @realalfrewoodard Original score @omar_fadel_composer Animation @kellyspurpleriot Archival Producers: @suse_cube @mynogo Co Producers: @charukraman Duane Prefume Associate Producer  @ausinikka Additional Editors: @stevpfhen @simplyripping Post Supervisor @twistymalley Music Supervisor @illmart1 GFX - Mindbomb Films (Chris Kirk and Syd Garon)  Assistant Editors: @khaalid.tries.life Chris Dvorak  Marketing & Outreach Producer: Liz Ogilvie Consulting Producers: @anurima1 Toneisha Taylor and Noland Walker Publicist: Marlea Willis and Micahel Krause at Luminary Comms Poster design: @dpicting Photo by Frank Wolfe, courtesy of @lbjlibrary A MASSIVE thanks to our amazing funders and partners in the project @itvsindies @firelight_media @fordfoundation /JustFilms @chickeneggfilms @SundanceInstitute Jennifer Pelling/Tsuha Foundation, Meadow Fund, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Stolte Family Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Bessemer Trust.  Fiscal sponsors - @cid_documentaryfilms and Video Veracity.

BIG thank you to everyone for coming out to support our students at the Mississippi Creates event!! Mississippi Creates is a collaborative project between the Southern Documentary Project, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Mississippi, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. Learn more about MS Creates at southdocs.org. 📸 : @olivia.erin.whittington #Documentary #Mississippi #Film #Artists #SouthernStudies

Hey! Today is Give NOLA Day—I’m raising money for The Front, an artist collective I’m part of in the 9th Ward. I’ve grown so much artistically being a part of this collective. Next month I will curate my first show with some amazing women of color. We do everything ourselves to put up 4 shows every month. It’s a huge undertaking and I’m always in awe of our 19 other members. We’re trying to hit $10K today—if you’re able, even $10 helps a lot. /organization/thefront

Next Monday, Prof. Angela Tucker’s students will screen films they made about Mississippi artists. Mississippi Creates is a community partnership with the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. We hope to see you there!! #Documentary #Film #Art #Artists #Mississippi #SouthernStudies

I’ve been wanting to curate a show like this for a long time. Time Is a Shapeshifter is a group exhibition centering female-identified artists of color over 40 in Louisiana—artists holding memory, survival, and lived experience in their work. This one is important to me. 
I want to reach women whose voices don’t always get centered in these spaces. You don’t need to call yourself an artist.
If you make something and it matters to you, I want to see it. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested. Deadline: April 20 Shout out to Jazz and Heritage Foundation for their support with this. 
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Did you miss Janelle and Angela’s Talkback? No worries! Watch it now on the CSSC’s YouTube Channel – link in bio! #SouthTalks #TheInquisitor #Documentary #Film #Filmmaker #Artist #BarbaraJordan

THANK YOU to everyone who came out last night for the screening of ‘The Inquisitor’ by Angela Tucker!! Tucker is Assistant Professor of Documentary Expression with SouthDocs and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. 'The Inquisitor' tells the story of Barbara Jordan, who rose from Houston's Fifth Ward to become Texas's first Black state senator and the first Southern Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Following the screening, Janelle Minor, MA candidate in Southern Studies, led the Q&A. Want to see the film? You’re in luck! 'The Inquisitor' is now streaming on the PBS app!!!! 📸 : @olivia.erin.whittington #Documentary #Film #Filmmaker #TheInquisitor #PBS #Streaming

Have you listened to our most recent episode yet? In this clip from our latest episode, director Angela Lynn Tucker reflects on the early life of Barbara Jordan—growing up in Houston’s Fifth Ward in a loving, tight-knit community that shaped her strength and conviction. @tuckergurl @theinquisitorfilm @independentlens 👴 From a grandfather who saw her potential and carried her confidence, ⛪ To a pastor father and church community that nurtured her voice, 🎓 To becoming the only woman on her debate team at Texas Southern University… These formative influences helped forge the moral clarity and commanding presence that would later captivate the nation. 🎧 Listen to the full conversation now. Link in bio. #TheInquisitor #BarbaraJordan #IndependentLens #MakingMediaNow #WomenInLeadership

Today — The Inquisitor broadcasts on PBS. I’ve started and restarted this post because it’s hard to put this gratitude into words. This film exists because of an extraordinary team who worked for years with care, belief, and commitment — often without the compensation they deserved. What carried us was Barbara — her clarity, her courage, and the urgency of her ideas — and that gave us the drive to bring this film into the world. I have to shout out PBS, Independent Lens, and ITVS. I would not have a career without public television. That’s true for so many of my friends, and being able to share this film at this scale is something I never take for granted. To the funders, festivals, friends, film community, and my family — thank you. I miss my parents deeply in moments like this, but I also feel incredibly close to them. Especially my mom. Her creativity and everyday commitment to public service shaped me in ways I understand more now. I dedicate this film to her today. This film is a biography of Barbara Jordan — but it’s also about the cyclical nature of history. The film ends (spoiler alert — but it’s not The Sixth Sense, relax) with an invitation: be inquisitors. Don’t be passive. Accountability belongs to all of us. I believe Barbara came into my life for a reason. I feel her spirit every day. She changed how I think about time — where we show up, who we show up for, and what actually matters. If you’ve shared the film — thank you. Watch The Inquisitor on PBS Independent Lens. Check your local listing or stream on pbs.org and the Independent Lens YouTube channel. Thank you. I love you all. @independentlens @itvsindies @fordfoundation @chickeneggfilms @sundance_catalyst @sundanceorg @firelight_media @blackpublicmedia

Los Angeles has been SHOWING UP and SHOWING OUT for The Inquisitor at PAN African Film Festival @paffnow 🔥 PAFF 2026 - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE NOMINEE! If you’ve already pulled up — THANK YOU. If you haven’t yet — this is your sign. You have got 3 more days left to experience this film on the big screen. 🎟️ Remaining Screenings — Grab Your Tickets: 📍 Tue, Feb 17th – 12:30 PM Cinemark Baldwin Hills XD – Screen #13 📍 Thu, Feb 19th – 12:30 PM Cinemark Baldwin Hills XD – Screen #13 📍 Sat, Feb 21st – 1:20 PM The Culver Theater – Auditorium #3 📍 Sun, Feb 22nd – 11:10 AM The Culver Theater – Auditorium #1 Pull up. Bring your people. Let’s close out PAFF strong. #barbarajordan