03/06/2023
Jessie Maple, a bacteriologist who took up filmmaking in the 1970s, became the first Black woman to join the camera operators union in New York and went on to direct trailblazing independent films died May 30 at her home in Atlanta. She was 86.
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ᴊᴇssɪᴇ ᴍᴀᴘʟᴇ, ᴀ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ ғɪʟᴍᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟶s, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴏɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴏʀs ᴜɴɪ....