Carroll Parrott Blue

Carroll Parrott Blue was born on August 23, 1943, in Houston, Texas. She grew up during the segregation era in Houston's Third Ward. During her childhood, Blue's mother Mollie Carroll Parrott worked with and for organizations such as Negro YWCA, Garden Club, Texas Negro Democratic party, and many church groups that fought for civil rights during the Civil Rights Era. Blue graduated from Jack Yates Colored High School. Blue began attending Boston University in 1960 and earned her B.A. in english literature in 1964. She earned her MFA in film production at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1980. == Career ==

Blue's documentary works have focused on women of the African diaspora and visual arts themes. Her work is heavily concentrated in documentaries, African American cinema and digital community-based media. The L.A. Rebellion filmmakers worked against Hollywood's negative perspective of black people in starring realistic, anti-stereotype characters in their works. Filming African Americans in their communities was an important aspect of this work, as Zeinabu Irene Davis stated in 2014 the "goal was and is to represent, reflect on, and enrich the day-to-day lives of people in our own communities." Blue became a professor emerita of San Diego State University in 1980. It explores Blue's family history and the history of Houston's black community. In Blue's pursuit of making change in the Southeast Houston area, her work consisted of storytelling, interactive multimedia, public art and design. and worked towards the renovation of Houston's Emancipation Park. Shortly after Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Blue collaborated in the creation of a storymap for the Third Ward with The Dawn Project, the Houston Chronicle, and several other organizations. The project collected stories from Houston residents who were impacted by storm. == Awards ==

Blue's work The Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Texas Upbringing won the 2004 Sundance Online Film Festival Viewers Award in the New Forms Gallery category. She was appointed a World Academy of Art and Science Fellow in 2007. == Death ==

Blue died on December 11, 2019, as reported in the Houston Defender. She died of natural causes. ==Selected filmography==

Carroll Parrott Blue has produced, directed and written films including those listed in the table below: ==Selected publications==

In Blue's work as an author she blends text with graphics and stills. == References ==