Colorlines sat down with designers from Hyphen-Labs, a multidisciplinary creative collective led by women of color, to discuss the inspiration behind the immersive experience they showcased at South by Southwest.
South by Southwest dispatch: Wake Forest University researchers presented their in-progress research about how 18-to-24-year-old African Americans handle the emotional toll of seeing police violence online.
The new documentary follows the Hamilton family’s demands for accountability after a White Milwaukee police officer killed Dontre in 2014. Family members joined director Erik Ljung for a Q&A after the film’s second South by Southwest screening.
Diana Feliz Oliva and her colleagues from the Transgender Health Project at Los Angeles’ St. John’s Well Child and Family Center addressed health and care disparities affecting trans people of color during their South by Southwest panel.