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'''Carroll Parrott Blue '''

Early Life
Carroll Parrott blue was born and grew up in Houston, Texas, USA. Growing up, 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 to name a few that fought for civil rights during the Civil Rights Era.

Blue’s poem titled Sometimes a poem is Twenty Years of Memory: 1967-1987, showcases a few of her experiences early and throughout her career within those years. It explores how the interaction of her race, gender and community interact with her work in the film industry. It details good and bad experiences throughout.

Education
Blue got her Bachelors of Arts majoring in English Literature at Boston University (1960-1964). Blue then got her Masters in Fine Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles (1976-1980).

Career
Carroll Parrott Blue is an American filmmaker, director and writer. Her work is heavily concentrated in documentaries, African American Cinema and digital community-based media. However, Blue did get involved in televison. Blue’s television programs includeVarnette’s World: A Study of a Young Artist (1979), Smithsonian World (“Nigerian Arts-Kindred Spirits,” 1996) and NOVA (“Mystery of the Senses: Vision,” 2007).

Blue was part of a group called the L.A. Rebellion Filmmakers(1967-1989) alongside Julie Dash, Charles Burnett, Jamaa Fanaka, Haile Gerima, Billy Woodberry, Barbara McCullough, Ben Caldwell, Alile Sharon Larkin, and Larry Clark. The L.A. Rebellion filmmakers worked against Hollywood's negative perspective of black people in staring realistic, anti-stereotype characters in their works. This usually consisted of filming black people in their communities. These works were often referred to as media for and by black people.

Blue's documentary Conversations with Roy DeCarava (1983) is a highly respected piece in the Los Angeles School. This documentary looks at DeCarava's work and life in Harlem.

The Dawn at My Back: A Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing, (2003) is a book, DVD-ROM and website. It explores Blue's family history and the history of Houston's black community. It was granted the 2004 Sundance Online Film Festival Jury Award by the American Library Association.

Blue was passionate about transforming Houston and founded SEHTA: Southeast Houston Transformation Alliance. From 2006 through 2015, Blue was a research professor at the University of Houston. While at the University of Houston, she applied for a National Endowment for the Arts "Our Town" grant application to encourage people in the art and architecture field to improve the community. She was awarded $100,000 for this pursuit. In Blue's pursuit of making change in the Southeast Houston area, her work consisted of storytelling, interactive multimedia, public art and design. SEHTA tells the community's story by capturing the voices from the community while merging the objective facts of this community to reach her audience of academics, developers and donors.

She was appointed a World Academy of Art and Science Fellow in 2007.

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