Sugarcoated Arsenic 

Sugarcoated Arsenic, written by Claudrena N. Harold and Vivian Gordon and co-directed by Harold and  Kevin Jerome Everson, is the first of the “Black Fire” short film collaborations by UVA colleagues Harold and Everson. It is a cinematic exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political  life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s. Starring Erin Stewart (featured in Everson's 2006 feature Cinnamon) as Vivian Gordon (the director of UVA’s Black Studies program between 1975 and 1980), the film tells the story of African American women and men who through their public and private gestures sought to create a beloved community that thrived on intellectual exchange, self-critique, and human warmth. 

The program General Relativity, Take Two is curated by Greg de Cuir Jr. Sugarcoated Arsenic appears courtesy the artists & Picture Palace Pictures

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