Through image and text, film, and performance, and her many convenings with individuals across a multitude of disciplines, Carrie Mae Weems has created a complex body of work that centers on her overarching commitment to helping us better understand our present moment by examining our collective past. In her artist talk, A History of Violence, Heave, Weems traces her own practice over the years as it has informed and engaged public discourse around issues of political and social structures intersecting with gender, class, and race.