In an episode of Art in the Twenty-First Century from 2009, Carrie Mae Weems talks about her childhood in Portland, her introduction to photography and the arts, and her early documentary-style series Family Pictures and Stories. The segment also focuses on Constructing History, a series Weems made in collaboration with college students, to explore how explosive moments from the 1960s have been collectively remembered, and how they have shaped the present.
Watch the episode here.