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Presented by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, on Monday, November 1st at 6:30Pm, at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater.

As an Fyi, Jessie Maple is considered to be the first African American woman to direct an independent feature-length film, after working/training at Channel 13 and Third World Cinema, apprenticing as an editor on films like Shaft’s Big Score (1972), as well as handling camerawork and editing for New York’s ABC, CBS and NBC affiliate TV stations.

Will, shot on location in 1980s Harlem, focuses on Will (played by Obaka Adedunyo), a girls’ basketball coach fighting through a heroin addiction, while mentoring a 12-year-old street kid, adopted by Will and his wife (played by Loretta Devine).

After reading the post (Here) about Jessie Maple, I felt guilty for not knowing of her. I got my tickets immediately and was eager to know and learn about Mrs. Maple.

Thanks to an invite sent to me from the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, this Monday, November 1st at 6:30Pm, I’ll be attending a screening of Jessie Maple’s 1981 feature-length film, Will, at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, and other New Yorkers are encourage to do the same, as it’s open to the public.

As an Fyi, Jessie Maple is considered to be the first African American woman to direct an independent feature-length film, after working/training at Channel 13 and Third World Cinema, apprenticing as an editor on films like Shaft’s Big Score (1972), as well as handling camerawork and editing for New York’s ABC, CBS and NBC affiliate TV stations.

Will, shot on location in 1980s Harlem, focuses on Will (played by Obaka Adedunyo), a girls’ basketball coach fighting through a heroin addiction, while mentoring a 12-year-old street kid, adopted by Will and his...