INVISIBLE WOMAN
Toni Blackman featuring
Monik Tenday, Lolo...
Directed by SmallPower Production
Africa / 2009 / 3:58 minutes
(Rhyme Like A Girl in the DRC. Je Suis
Une Femme Invisible)
The song is based on Toni's poem "Invisible
Woman". She arranged it and then co-produced it with DRC's Racine Alternative. The video is a PSA for the Elimination of Violence
Against Women made possible in part through a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Dept of
State, Washington, DC. The work was generated as a part of Toni's artist residency with Lexxus, a Conogolese hip hop star
and producer. She worked with a larger group of men and women and also facilitated Rhyme Like A Girl sessions w/ the female
participants.
Incredible singers and emcees from the
DRC. Cecile Walo, Diva Oracle, Lolo, Toni Blackman, Monik Tenday, Grace, Nu Mama, Ansia & Dan Selo. Je Suis Une Femme
Invisible. "I may not be seen, but I'll be damned if I won't be heard"...is a line from the poem/song.
SmallPower Productions Directed the
video. It was shot in Kinshasa.
