In 1971 artist Faith Ringgold created a monumental painting “For the Women’s House” for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail. Fifty years later artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter who gave birth in prison 15 years ago finds herself banding together with an eclectic group of activists politicians artists corrections officers and Faith Ringgold herself to free the artwork with the ultimate goal of freeing the women. Paint Me a Road Out of Here is a wild tale of the painting’s whitewashed journey and the two artists who challenged the same powerful and oppressive institutions a half century apart with their artwork their voices and their shared persistent goals.
Following the screening the film’s director Catherine Gund will join artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter and executive director of Crenshaw Dairy Mart Ashley Blakeney for a Q&A moderated by Kristin Juarez senior research specialist for Academic Outreach at the Getty Research Institute.
This program is part of the Art on Screen series which celebrates moving-image media and its intersection with art and art histories and Black Visions: Film as Archive. It is co-presented with Crenshaw Dairy Mart an artist collective and art gallery dedicated to shifting the trauma-induced conditions of poverty and economic injustice bridging cultural work and advocacy and investigating ancestries through the lens of Inglewood and its community. This program also complements the Getty Scholars Program's 2025–2026 annual theme of Repair.
DIRECTED BY: Catherine Gund. WITH: Tanya Selvaratnam Arielle Amsalem Sam Pollard Yara Shahidi Keri Shahidi Mickalene Thomas Jon Stryker Slobodan Randjelović Susan Sawyers Julie Mehretu Melony & Adam Lewis Agnes Gund Geralyn Dreyfous Barbara & Eric Dobkin Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter. Aubin Pictures 2025. 90 min. Color. English. DVD.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Getty, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049, United States
