Bridgett M. Davis

Bridgett M. Davis is a novelist, essayist, teacher, filmmaker, memoirist, and curator.

She is the author of the memoir The World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers, and the novels Into The Go-Slow and Shifting Through Neutral.

She is also the writer/director of the critically acclaimed, award-winning film Naked Acts, which screened at a host of festivals in the US, Europe, and Africa before having its theatrical and DVD release. Indiana University’s Black Film Center/Archive honored Davis on the 20th anniversary of the film’s production. The film is now part of the Black Film Archive’s permanent collection.

Films


Naked Acts

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(1996)

An aspiring actress has lost considerable weight to land her first movie role, but the director didn’t tell her that it includes a nude scene. Reluctant to do it, she embarks on a personal journey that unveils secrets once hidden under her weight, as she discovers emotional nudity is just as revealing as taking her clothes off.