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Mixed-Media Experience ‘Noire’ Tackles Civil Rights Struggle With Literary, Theatrical Pedigree
An augmented reality adaptation of a lesser-known case from the Civil Rights era, 'Noire' brought much pedigree to Paris XR showcase NewImages.
The project tracks the true story of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in the segregated South who refused to give up her seat on the bus nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. Colvin’s act helped kick off the Montgomery bus boycott, but her courage never quite got the same traction as that of Parks – in part because she didn’t make for as compelling a media figure. Ironically, that’s exactly what compelled French author Tania de Montaigne, who sought to explore that era – and its wider questions of racism and resistance – using figures untouched by hagiography.
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